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head of the women in the west would tend to raise the index. 

 Within the western group itself, Table 3 shows the gradual rise of 

 the mean of the cephalic index from the Mackenzie river to the 

 Aleutian islands. The approach appears to be toward the broad- 

 headed Aleutian type rather than the Athapascan of the interior. 



TABLE 3. 



COMPARATIVE TABLE OF CEPHALIC INDICES OF WESTERN ESKIMO 



According to the measurements of A. J. Stone, the interior Alaskan 

 Eskimo radically differ from the Athapascans, with whom they 

 come in contact, in the form of the head, the length and breadth of 

 the face, and the shape of the nose. The superior height of the 

 Eskimo skull gives it a larger capacity than would be judged from 



1 Denotes mean measurements. Had it been possible to use the living measure 

 ments of A. J. Stone on the Nunatagmuit, an interior Eskimo tribe situated between 

 Point Barrow and Bering strait, with an average cephalic index of 81, and a mean 

 measurement of 82, the step between the Bering strait Eskimo and the Aleut would 

 be nicely bridged. The difference between the cephalic index of the head and the 

 skull, according to Boas, is 2.2 for the Eastern Eskimo. 



