22 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 62 
SIZE OF THE SKULL 
The principal determinations relating to the size of the vault are 
the cranial module or mean diameter, the capacity, the circum- 
ference, and the antero-posterior arc, all of which are given in the 
next table, where also is shown the thickness of the skull, which is 
of importance as a corrective to the external dimensions. 
Il. MUNSEE CRANIA: MEASUREMENTS RELATING TO THE SIZE OF THE VAULT* 
MALES 
Cireum- Thickness 
Cranial ference of left 
Module | maximum} Nasion- | parietal (1 
Number Capacity +| L+B+H (above opisthion | em. above 
—————|  supra- are and along 
3 orbital squamous 
ridges) suture) 
c.c cm. cm. cm min 
PCY aN 2 Oe ae Pe ein Re, A eee 1,470 15.27 49.3 36.2 4 
(i Ee Se SSS rC 68 Soooe sot An eeepc 1, 505 15.57 51.5 36. 6 4.5 
DRI) S hap BM as re eon ee 1,515 15.47 51.7 38.3 5.5 
PCG ST OY Ss RA CSR SPR Sar, opera AER 1,515 15. 83 51 36.9 6.5 
2853055. .=/- 2.) - Se em Ame elope Sean wy score 1, 530 15.10 49.4 35. 2 5.0 
DON DU See e etna cise oe en llacnie nino ia ete ee oe 1,550 15. 63 51.3 37.1 5.5 
DeoD Geen Oe aia sa Siete sisi piateiafe sae eis 1, 720 16. 07 55 39.5 4 
(7) (7) (7) (7) (7) 
AVOLS POSE. .cc2) ete samc eeceeins 5 = 1,544 15. 56 51.3 37.1 5 
FEMALES 
030 TS 2 RSS Cee ee eo Se ee ar ee ae Se eee eee 1, 225 14. 37 48.5 34.9 3.5 
p22 5s RE SA a Sa a ae Ae iar 2 1, 240 14. 27 47.6 33.9 3.5 
285 O47 occ ha dasina gece cis~ = sere aa ae eee 1, 265 15.0 50. 2 35. 1 5.5 
PS0:3 00) co cisinsias es SOC eee See 1, 280 14. 60 48. 2 35. 0 4.0 
> 1, Mae RES RR SSE eek Se eed S, 1, 275 15. 03 48.7 33.3 5.0 
pT PES SE ar eo SOR EAD Martie = / ter Pte 1, 295 14. 43 47.9 33. 8 4.0 
BSD S09. 2 ono FS cea ae eo oto uy, Ame soe 1,300 14. 87 50. 1 36.3 4.0 
722 OER Oe A Sones: DAC AS nada shine aosais= 1,310 15. 03 48. 7 34.0 5.0 
DBO OLOLE Seow a oe ae ee Sees 6 eee eee 1,375 15.17 49.3 35. 0 5.0 
(9) (9) (9) (9) (9) 
Averages Soin fees Jotaeieaes Peon are 1, 285 14.75 48.8 34.6 4.4 
* Arranged on the basis of capacity. 
{Measured with dry mustard-seed and by the writer’s method described in Science, xv, 1903, pp. 
1011-1014. 
It will be noted that the measurements of the Munsee skulls, par- 
ticularly those of the males, show fair capacity as well as external size 
of the vault, and also that only a few of the crania are thick-walled. 
An interesting feature is the unusual superiority of the measurements 
of the males over those of the females. This in a measure is due to 
the occurrence among the males of one skull of extraordinary size 
(1,720 c. c.); but even if we exclude this, the difference between the 
two sexes is somewhat greater than among other Indians. In the 
following table are given a few comparative data on this point. 
