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Stature: All but 3 of the men are of short stature, the 

 median being 1.550 m. (5 ft. i in.). 



[Forty-eight male and 30 female Kayans were measured by 

 Nieuwenhuis, also i Mahakam Kayan of each sex. Of these 



5 were boys under 16 and 5 girls under 16, who will be omitted 

 from the description where it is possible to distinguish them. 



Head-form : The cephalic index of the men forms a gradual 

 series from 75 to 85.4 with 6 higher indices ; 8 are dolichocephalic, 

 the median of the whole series of adult men being 81. i ; that of 

 the women ranges from 75 to 93.2, with a slight weakening in the 

 series about where the median 82.5 occurs ; one index, 97, falls 

 considerably outside ; 4 are dolichocephalic. The Mahakam man 

 has an index of 78.3, the woman 74.1. 



J^a^e: One Kayan had a long face, 14 per cent (including 

 children) had broad faces, the rest were medium. In our and 

 his Kayans the bi-zygomatic breadth ranges from 132 to 150 mm., 

 except that two of his are narrower, 126 and 129 mm. JVbse: 

 Breadth-measurements agree with ours. Two males and i female 

 are noted as having concave noses, 35 and 20 as broad and flat, 

 9 and 8 as straight, i of each sex as narrow and straight. These 

 characterisations are of course not mutually exclusive. No 

 convex noses were observed ; 4 per cent are concave (" depressed," 

 "sunken," or "hollow"). JSyes: The Mongolian fold does not 

 occur. The iris is always dark. 



Ifair: 28 per cent of the males and 17 per cent of the 

 females had wavy hair, i man had curly hair, the rest straight. 

 As a rule it is rather scanty, but 30 per cent of the Kayans had 

 a moderate amount. The colour is black. 



Skin : The colour is brown or yellow. 



Stature: Two men are tall, 6 medium and the rest short, 



6 being below 1.5 m., of whom 2 are under 18 years old; the 

 median is 1.572 (5 ft. 2 in.). The women over 23 average 14 cm. 

 shorter than the men ; this is a large difference, as it is usually 

 10-12 cm., as in our Sarawak figures.] 



VI. Iban (or Sea Dayaks) Group 

 Fifty-six Iban men were measured by us. 



Head-form : The cephalic index forms a gradual series, the 

 median being 83, and therefore shows brachycephaly. The 

 head is usually hypsicephalic, but i is platycephalic as regards 

 breadth - height, 2 are mesocephalic both in length - height and 

 breadth - height, 5 are mesocephalic in length - height and 3 in 

 breadth-height. Thirteen are noted as round, 7 as ovoid, 4 as 

 oval, several had broad parietal and narrow frontal regions 

 producing a pyriform norma verticalis. 



