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AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST 



[N. s., 18, 1916 



Judging from the indices, the relation of the Western Eskimo 

 is closer to the Central than the Eastern Eskimo. 



TABLE B 



COMPARATIVE TABLE OF VARIATION OF INDICES OF EASTERN (LABRADOR AND GREEN 

 LAND), CENTRAL (SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND), AND WESTERN (ALASKAN) ESKIMO 



Note. The Central and Western measurements for horizontal circumference do 

 not include the glabella. The palato-maxillary measurements are also external for 

 both. Duckworth and Pain do not describe the Eastern measurement whether external 

 or internal, for the palato-maxillary, or including glabella in the horizontal circumfer 

 ence. Measurements are all of adult crania. The Central measurements are taken 

 from Hrdlicka s Southampton island tables, and the Western from our Point 



Barrow series. 



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MEASUREMENTS IN DETAIL 



Form of the Skull. The detailed measurements of the crania of 

 the Point Barrow Eskimo illustrate the general tendency of the 



