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5413. The skull of a male Indian of the Cheriook tribe, inhabiting the banks of the 

 Columbia River at its outlet into the Pacific. 



The forehead here recedes as in the Carib, and the cranium has been constricted and 

 elongated by artificial treatment, apparently like that which was practised by the ancient in- 

 habitants of Peru. This skull is remarkable for its large size. The transverse and median 

 occipital cristse are strongly developed. The nasal bones are prominent. Both the upper 

 jaw and the chin are produced. 



Presented by Frederic Tyrrell, Esq. 



5414. The skull of an ancient Peruvian from the Mausoleum at Patacamaya (the 100 

 dead), near Belen, Bolivia. 



This differs from the preceding skull in the more sudden slope and minor convexity of the 

 frontal, but resembles it in the annular constriction of the cranium behind the coronal suture ; 

 the flattening, constriction, and elongation of the cranium having been produced by ligature 

 at that part during infancy. The nasal bones are large, moderately prominent, and continued 

 forwards from the same sloping line with the glabella. The lower jaw is much produced, but 

 the chin is well developed. Notwithstanding the deformity and the low character imparted 

 artificially to this skull, the cranial cavity is as capacious as in other American races. The 

 brain was as large, but was differently placed. The transverse line equally bisecting the lower 

 'surface of the skull here crosses the middle of the foramen magnum. 



Presented by J. B. Penttand, Esq. 



54115. A similarly modified skull of an ancient Peruvian, from Titicaca. 



The forehead is somewhat more convex than in the preceding skull, but the cranium pre- 

 sents the same evidence of artificial constriction behind the coronal suture. 



Presented by Lord Dudley. 



5416. A cranium of an old male Peruvian, from Titicaca. 



Presented by Lord Dudley. 



5417. The cranium, vertically and longitudinally bisected, of an old male, from 

 Titicaca. 



The paroccipitals are distinct, and the process is remarkably developed on the right side, 

 where it almost equals the mastoid. The cranial parietes are moderately thick. There is 

 little or no depression at the root of the nose in this or the two preceding skulls, which were 

 taken from an ancient burial-place in the Island of Titicaca, situated in the middle of the 

 Lake of Chucuito, in a province of Peru of that name. The Island of Titicaca is celebrated 

 as having been the residence of Manco Copac, the founder of the Peruvian nation. 



Presented by Lord Dudley. 



