CATALOGUE OF HUMAN CRANIA IN THE UNITED STATES 

 NATIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTIONS 



By Ale§ Hrdli(5ka^ 



Curator, Division of Physical Anthropology, United States National Museum 



This part has been prepared for the press since the end of 1924. 



It brings data on six important groups of the North American 

 Indians, The total number of skulls comprised is 1,350, subdivided 

 as follows: The Algonkin and related Iroquois, 563 crania; the 

 Siouan tribes, 285 crania; the Caddoes, 15 crania; the Salish and 

 Sahaptin, 15 crania; the Shoshonean, 69 crania; and the Californians, 

 403 crania. 



In the preparation of the part the author has been assisted by his 

 aides. Dr. Paul Van Natta and Mr. Dale Stewart. 



To make the data as serviceable as possible, which is the main 

 object of the laborious and rather thankless task, the author's 

 records on crania preserved in other institutions have also been 

 included. 



Some wishes have been voiced that additional measurements be 

 given, on the face, palate, etc. These wishes have received earnest 

 consideration, and it is hoped that they may to some exte»t at least 

 be complied with in the future. To do so now is a physical impossi- 

 bility. 



It may be well to say here again that the object for publishing 

 these detailed data and the justification of the expense involved in 

 their publication is to make available to students in all lands reliable 

 essentials on the rich collections of the United States National 

 Museum, supplemented with such records on material in other 

 institutions as the author has in the course of years been able to 

 gather. Such data can not but be of substantial use in anthropologi- 

 cal studies of every nature, above all in those on human variation. 



The series are arranged throughout in ascending scale by the 

 cephalic index. They give the size and shape of the vault, face, nose, 

 and orbits, which comprises the first and indispensable information 

 the student needs about every skull. Other measurements on the 



• See also first section of this catalogue on the Mongolians, Eskimo, Aleuts, and Alaska Indians in the 

 Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, vol. 63, art. 12, published on March 14, 1924. 



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