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Gordon McKenna

“Standards help to make life simpler, and increase the reliability and effectiveness of collections holders.”

Gordon McKenna
Standards and Systems Manager

Pitt Rivers Museum - University of Oxford
Group Thesaurus

This is the list of groups used by the Pitt Rivers Museum in its artefact databases. This is by no means a full list, it is the most common groups that occur in the Pitt Rivers Museum's collections provenances. It has been largely compiled using the Ethnologue and other sources. It is again as up-to-date as we can make it:

Akawaio
Asante
Aleut
Algonkin
Amaxosa
Arab
Arabana
Arrernte
Aztec
Baga
Bakele Kukele
Batanga
Bidayuh
Bongo
Buddhist
Burmese
California
Carib
Chimu
Late Chimu
Conibo
Copt
Damara
Dinka
Egyptian
[Ancient Egyptian]
European
European Austrian
European Belgian
European Bulgarian
European Cypriot
European Danish
European Dutch
European English
European [Etruscan]
European French
European German
European Greek
European Hungarian
European Irish
European Italian
European Maltese
European Norwegian
European Portuguese
European [Roman]
European Saami
European Scottish
European Spanish
European Swedish
European Swiss
European Welsh
Fang
Fanti
Garo
Gurkha
Hausa
Herero
Hindu
Hupa California
Iban
Ibibio
Inuit
Iranian
Japanese
Jarawa
Jewish
Jivaro Shuar
Jur
Kabyle
Kafa
Kanuri Yerwa
Kaytetye
Khoisan
Korana
Krumen
Kubai
Kuki
Lakota
Lepcha
Loritja
Macusi
Malay
Mao
Maori
Mandari
Mandinka
Mapuche
Maram
Maya
Memi
Mexican
Micmac
Mishmi
Moche
Mochica
[Moghul]
[Moor]
Mpongwe
Mundu
Muslim
Naga
Angami Naga
Ao Naga
Chakesang Naga
Chang Naga
Khiemungan Naga
Konyak Naga
Lhota Naga
Phom Naga
Rengma Naga
Sangtam Naga
Sema Naga
Tangkhul Naga
Yimchungar Naga
Zeliang Naga
NE
NE Subarctic
NE Subarctic Woodlands Ojibwa
Nguni
[Nubian]
Nuer
Nupe
NW Coast
NW Coast Bella Bella
NW Coast Haida
NW Coast Haida Kaigani
NW Coast Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwaikiutl)
NW Coast Makah
NW Coast Nuu-Chah-Nulth
NW Coast Salish
NW Coast Salish Comox
NW Coast Tlingit
NW Coast Tsimshian
Ostyak
Plains
Pomo California
Rama
Saami European
Samoyed
San
Semai
Sherbro
Shilluk
Sikh
Somali
SW Pueblo
SW Pueblo Anasazi
SW Pueblo Hopi
SW Pueblo Zuni
Taoist
Thado Kuki
Thai
Tibetan
Tuareg
Turkish
Wabanaki
Waramungu
Warlpiri
Woodlands
Xhosa
Yamana
Yoruba
Zande
Zulu

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The Museum acknowledges the work of MDA in converting this resource for use on the Web.