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PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 
OF THE LENAPE 
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slightly higher than in the females, which, while also true of the 
Munsee on the right side, does not hold true for the left. 
LXXITI. PATELLA: MUNSEE AND WHITES 
MALES 
Right Left 
a Speci- | 
troup mens . | Breadth- . | Breadth- 
(pairs) | Height] Breadth | 7!¢k-| “height |) Height) Breadth | TICK | height 
€sS_| index ness | index 
cm. cm. cm, cm. cm. cm. 
WEENASOG,. «. i. <n vee. (8)| 4.5 AG 0) *O10|, to9R | 4.6 4.5 \ oe 98.9 
United States whites.} *(200) | 4.56 4.64| 2.15| 101.7|| 4-52 4.66| 2.17| . 103.2 
Module (mean diameter)—Males: Munsee, right, 3.74; left, 3.75; whites, right, 3.78; left, 3.78. 
FEMALES 
Miunseges se). S52 29 224 (10) 3.93 4,02 1.73 102.3 3. 93 4.05 1.76 103.1 
United States whites.| *(100) 4.02 4.03 15,9 100. 2 3. 97 4.08 1.9 102.7 
Module—Females: Munsee, right, 3.23; left, 3.25; whites, right, 3.32; left, 3.32. 
* Males: 100 right, 100 left; females: 50 right, 50 left patella. 
The Munsee patella, while in general slightly smaller than that of 
the whites, will be seen from the comparative data in the accompany- 
ing table to average somewhat larger than that of other Indians avail- 
able for comparison. The larger size in all dimensions of the white 
man’s patella than that of the Indian is doubtless due to the greater 
muscularity of the white subjects from which the bones were derived 
and who belonged almost exclusively to the Jaboring classes. 
Of the 30 Munsee patellz, 15 show a moderate to well developed 
semilunar notch in the ‘lateral border of the bone, for the vastus 
lateralis (pl.28,6). The patellz of female skeleton no. 285,311 are de- 
cidedly oblique, especially that on the left side; and the patella of 
female no. 285321 show each an exceptionally long apex. 
LXXIV. THE MODULE OR MEAN DIAMETER OF THE PATELLA IN THE MUNSEE 
AND OTHER GROUPS 
| Male Female 
Group 
Right Left Right Left 
cm. cm, em. em 
MIUINRR Gece re oer aie eee Pah Sy. SOS PCAs 5! Yow) Se 3.74 3.75 3. 23 3. 25 
SEAN SAS AT Ge HOMISIAN deme een! Coys ote e ds Lie bea ee 3. 54 3. 50 St 3.17 
SouthemyU tahielitt-dwellersss: ©25:202. . 22. 2c ce ee 3. 61 3.58 3 3 
DSOUtHWeESL ANGEMeCXICOgss4- sae sae hs ce a 3. 49 Bo4G; |b ree peers es. es 
Te CUS tatesiwihiLesiaasaee eee tates pss See Le ce cs 3.78 | 3. 78 3.32 3.32 
