SKULL OF CHIEF COMCOMLY—STEWART 573 
masto-occipital sutures, usually about the last to close, are no longer 
visible. This could mean that Comcomly was as old as estimated: 65. 
Age is reflected also in the teeth. Indians lived on a coarse diet 
which tended to wear down their teeth rapidly. Comcomly’s upper 
teeth are well worn, so that all those present have a large exposure of 
dentin. The second molars were lost antemortem, either from caries 
or from destruction of the supporting bone (pyorrhea). In general, 
all this suggests an age somewhat below 65. The possibility exists, 
therefore, that Scouler was misled in estimating Comcomly’s age by 
the general Indian tendency to age rapidly. 
In this connection it is interesting to note that No. 462 has open 
masto-occipital sutures and no tooth loss, but more wear of the front 
teeth. This “chief” could have been around 40 to 50 years of age. 
TaBLE 2.—Standard measurements of Comcomly’s skull with comparative data 
“Chinook” range* 
Measurement or index Comcomly}] No. 462 
Male Female 
Cranialicapacitye= see eaee= 1,340 ce__}| 1,175 ece__} 1,150—1,630 | 1,020—-1,390 
Maximum length of vault___| 170 mm_-_} 168 mm__]| 155-182 148-166 
Maximum breadth of vault__] 161 mm__} 150 mm__| 143-170 138-161 
Cramialeind exes as OF Gea a Li ae eae 81.6-108.4 83.1-102.3 
Basion-bregma height - __--- 121 mm_-_} 117 mm__| 115-145 102-134 
Mean height index____---_-- (icp sae ae UENO A ee 70.9-89.8 63.8—85.3 
Minimum frontal diameter__| 100 mm__| 99 mm-_-_-_ 89-109 86-102 
Basion=nasiony 4522252428 Ory maine n |) Oy aan — 87-107 80-103 
Basion-prealveolar point .--|/ 102 mmen|-107 mm. “|S. Ses 2eess|-- eels 
Nasion-alveolar point__--_--- (9mm 2_| «4 mm: — 68-83 62-78 
Racialvangles  24at 22222 e - Ogee Gi 5 oe ees | ee ee oe te ee ee ee 
Diameter bizygomatic max- 
yay De a eee err hh SO ee eS 150 mm__} 1836 mm__}| 133-151 123-140 
Upper facial index_______-- Oeay sess Oe eee 46.8-67.6 47.7-66.8 
Nasaliheici (= a= een 53 mm___| 50.5 mm_ 48-60 44-57 
INasaljbreadt hae sa" sees 24 mm___| 28 mm_-_-_ 20-29 20-26 
Nasal ee sired ateh agape AorBart ls Ls bogs exe 36.2-58.0 38.6-66.8 
rbital breadth, right_--__-_ 40 mm___}] 41 mm__- % 
ean prea leftwes ee 39 mms. |) 4 emma 37-45 35-43 
rbital height, right________ 36 mm___| 38 mm__-_ “ te 
Orbital height, left__..__-__ 3555 mm | 38 mimi. |e o. > el 
Orbital index, mean_______-_ 903 e a2 OOM aya aye 82.2-102.6 82.0-102.9 
Posterior interorbital width_}| 29 mm___| 25 mm_-_~_ 19-29 18-26 
External alveolar length____}| 56 mm___} 54 mm___ 49-60 46-58 
External alveolar breadth___} 68 mm___| 66 mm__-_ 61-73 58-68 
External alveolar index____-_ TBH A |) TIRE OS Oe IO feu yor) 110.9-141.7 
Foramen magnum length___] 33 mm_-_-_| 33 mm_-- 28-41 30-36 
Foramen magnum breadth__}| 30 mm___} 27 mm_-_- 27-35 26-32 
Foramen magnum index____} 90.9___-- SS 73.7—100.0 83.9-100.0 
*Oetteking, 1930, pp. 32-35, 78-79 of the tables of measurements; 58 males, 26 
females (not all measurable). 
EPILOGUE 
Now that the contribution of Comcomly’s skull to anthropology has 
been established, it is necessary to return to the historical narratives 
