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Comparison of the measurements of the Malacara or Mom slvll No. 1, and of 14 female 



California Indian crania 



Measurement 



Length. 

 Breadth 

 Height. 

 Module. 



Malacara 

 skull 

 No. 1 



cm. 

 17.4 

 13.2 

 12.6 

 14.4 



Average 

 of the 



California 

 skulls 



cm. 

 17.24 

 13.37 

 12.75 

 14.41 



Measurement 



Circumference 



Sagittal arc 



Thickness of parietal 

 Breadth efface 



Malacara 

 skull 

 No. 1 



cm. 



48.0 



S5.8 



.5 



12.7 



Average 

 of the 



California 

 skulls 



cm. 



48.10 



34.42 



. 54 



12! 88 



Other parts of the skeleton. — The bones are rather frail, short, femi- 

 nine. All are eroded and defective. No exact measurements of 

 lengths are possible. 



A remnant of the right humerus shows decidedly moderate pro- 

 portions. The breadth and thickness of the shaft at the middle were 

 about 1.9 cm. b}^ 1.4 cm. The shape of the shaft closely approxi- 

 mates type 4 (prismatic with anterior border broadened into a fourth 

 surface). A slight vertical ridge exists in the situation of the supra- 

 condyloid process. The specimen presents no unusual characteristics 

 as to form. 



The remnants of the radii and ulnsB present no features worthy of 

 special mention. 



The femora were between 39 cm. and 40 cm. long (estimated) ; 

 they were slightly longer than modern female Guayaquil femora in 

 the Museo Nacional collection and correspond to a stature of between 

 1.50 m. and 1.55 m. They present no special features as regards 

 form except perhaps a greater than average stoutness of the external 

 border of the subtrochanteric flattening. On the right side this 

 border forms a surface 11 mm. broad. Each of the bones has a 

 medium-size tliird trochanter. The whole shaft presents a moderate 

 physiologic curvature backward and also a slight curve outward. 

 The torsion is not unusual. 



Measurements of the femora: 



Diameter antero-posterior at middle: Right, about 2. 3 cm. ; left 2. 2 



Diameter lateral maximum: Right, about 2. 2 cm. ; left 2. 3 



Pilasteric index: Right, IO4. 6 cm. ; left 95. 7 



Diameter max., at subtrochanteric flattening: Right, 3. cm. ; left 3. 2 



Diameter min., at subtrochanteric flattening: Right, 2. cm. ; left 2. 5 



Index of platymery: Right, 66. 7 cm. ; left 78. 1 



All these proportions are entirely compatible witl the assumption 

 that the subject was an Indian. 



What remains of the tibiae shows that the shaft was prismatic mth 

 a slight concavity of the external surface and also a shght tendency 

 toward the formation, by a vertical intermuscular ridge, of a double 

 posterior surface. Both of these features approximate the bones to 



