Culture or time period
- Aboriginal Australians21 objects
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders21 objects
- Achuar3 objects
- Achumawi12 objects
- Acoma1 objects
- African cultures27 objects
- Afro-Cuban3 objects
- Akimel O'odham ("Pima")3 objects
- American cultures8,552 objects
- Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)1 objects
- Antonianos4 objects
- Apache6 objects
- Arabs2 objects
- Arctic cultures75 objects
- Asian cultures74 objects
- Asmat1 objects
- Athabascans of Lower Mad River1 objects
- Athabaskan2 objects
- Atsugewi1 objects
- Badwisha Yokuts of Tule River Reservation5 objects