26 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 62 
V. MUNSEE CRANIA: MEASUREMENTS RELATING TO SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE FACE * 
MALES 
Total Upper | Breadth : ; 
length | length | offace | Facial | Facial | Cephalic 
of face (pros- (diam. index index | jndex of | Diameter Diareren 
Number (chin- | thion- | bizyg. | total | upper | theskull] frontal biconial 
nasion)}| nasion) | max.) | X*X100 | yX100 | (for com-|minimum| 1898 
Z Zi parison) 
(x) (y) (z) 
cm. cm. em. cm. cm. 
2B B0Sis echo reece 11.8 6.8 13.7 86.1 49.6 70. 4 9.3 11 
285606 22. pee 12.2 7.0 13.9 87.8 50. 4 74.9 9.5 11.9 
p> GER). Vee ee ae a ee 12.1 6.9 13.6 89.0 50. 7 (t) 8.7 10.6 
7208S iS ea eeser aaa 12.0 Wes 14.0 85. 7 51.4 76. 6 9.0 9.5 
280, S08 os. = beet Jae 12.6 7.4 14.2 88. 7 52. 2 ia 10.1 WEEE 
280; S00 e m5- eeae cere LO 7.2 13.6 89.0 52.9 (§) 9.6 9.5 
PGES ees ee eee ee 12.3 7.6 14.2 86. 6 53.5 (§) 9.5 9.3 
(7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) 
IAVOYASES = eee 12.15 7.15 13.9 87.6 CAT Been oe 9.4 10.4 
FEMALES 
Don BlOU S. Seseeese nie. 11.9 7.0 13.6 87.5 D1./5 (§) 9.8 10.3 
POR Py (BP ae cae Beoeee ESD, 6.6 12.4 90.3 53.2 74.4 8.4 8.7 
Do eR ee seasons. * 11.9 7. 12.8 93.0 54.7 (§) 9.3 9.8 
PRG NRE sie ts a (?) 6.8 Ipaert Dete Pewee 54.8 76.9 8.5) 5s eee 
REIS (deeaens pte. Seed 11.8 7 12.9 91.5 56.5 (8) 9.4 9.6 
(4) (5) (5) (4) (5) 
ASVOLBPOS 2% =e sascccs52 INT 6.9 12.8 90.5 7 Ue aes es 9.1 9.6 
* Arranged on the basis of the Upper Facial Index. 
t Where teeth were worn off, due allowance was made for the defect, the normal enameled portion of 
median incisors in apposition being taken as 19 mm. high, in the men. 
{ Slightly deformed. 
§ Deformed. ‘ 
The bizygomatic breadth, though not really small, is below the 
average in many other tribes of Indians, while the frontal breadth 
and that of the lower jaw are also somewhat below the medium. 
These results bear out the statement made under ‘“‘ General Observa- 
tions” (p. 20) relative to the moderate proportions of the face of the 
Munsee. Comparative data given in the second part of this report 
indicate that in some of these respects, especially in the height of the 
face, the Munsee were somewhat exceptional among the Eastern tribes. 
The facial indexes indicate mild chamceprosopy to mild lepto- 
prosopy. Both the total and the upper indexes are perceptibly 
higher in the females, which on analysis of the measurements is seen 
to be due to the relatively greater narrowness of the face in the female, 
which, in turn, is doubtless connected with a relatively smaller devel- 
opment of the temporal muscles, the main muscles of mastication. 
The same condition was noticeable in the crania from Arkansas and 
Louisiana previously reported by the writer, and is probably quite 
general among Indians. Some of the foreheads and some of the lower 
jaws among the Munsee, as will be seen from the details, were rela- 
tively quite narrow. 
