The Mafulu - Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson
page 36 of 414 (08%)
page 36 of 414 (08%)
|
that the highest of them is much lower than the highest of those
of the head measurements, and that their average (76.8) is a little below the average of those of the head measurements. Dr. Keith had further measurements made of these skulls from the point of view of prognathism and characters of noses and orbits, with the following results: Skull. | Basi-nasal length. | | Basi-alveolar length. | | | Height of nose. | | | | Width of nose. | | | | | Height of orbit. | | | | | | Width of orbit. mm. mm. mm. mm. mm. mm. A 98 102 48 26 40 35 B 99 96 49 25 42 35 C 97 102 47 26 38 35 Dr. Keith, referring to these skulls, says that they disclose relatively small brains, the cranial capacity of A being 1,230 c.c., that of B being 1,330 c.c., and that of C being 1,130 c.c. He compares these figures with the average cranial capacity of the male European, which he puts at 1,500 c.c. The eyes of the Mafulu people are dark brown and very bright. I never |
|