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BONES OF THE HAND 
While the total number of bones of the hands in the Munsee ma- 
terial aggregate nearly 700, there are very few complete sets. It 
is nevertheless possible to ascertain that in general the hand of the 
Munsee was of moderate to medium development, and remarkedly 
normal in conformation. Among the females, some of the bones are 
quite small. The only anomaly worthy of mention is the presence 
of rudimentary hamuli on both unciforms in one of the male subjects 
(no. 285,308). 
e proportional length of the hand can be judged from the 
measurements of the first metacarpal, and from the relation of this 
length to that of the humerus on the same side. The following table 
gives these dimensions. It is seen that the length of the first meta- 
carpal in the male exceeds somewhat that of the female, and also 
that the length of the right bone exceeds slightly that of the left. 
The metacarpo-humeral index is somewhat higher on the right in 
the males, indicating a somewhat greater length of the hand on the 
right side in that sex. In the females the small number of speci- 
mens makes the result in this respect uncertain. 
LXXV. MUNSEE: FIRST METACARPAL 
MALES 
Right Left 
ee ' 
Number of| Length, ne dee Number of| Length, Mee 
specimens |maximum]| me 100 || Specimens | maximum intend 
H 
Average: cm, | cm. 
Pains 2b eS seb) 8 aoe | (5) 4.6 14.5 (5) 4.5 14.1 
Total’ present s2.- -2 cence ce (8) 4.7 14.5 (5) 4.5 14.1 
Minimum (total present)... -.-- (8) 4.2 12.9 (5) 4. 25 12.9 
Maximum (total present)... - - (8) Fal 16. 2 (5) 4.8 15 
FEMALES 
| 7 | 
Average: | | 
[277 aN Seige tay Smee a | (5) 4.3 14 | (5) 4.3 14.3 
Total present:.../--=------| (8) 4.4 14.3 | (7) 4.2 13.9 
Minimum (total present)...-.. | (8) 3.9 13.2 | 3.75 12.8 
Maximum (total present)... - - | (8) 4.8 15.3 (7) 4.8 15.8 
| 
* Maximum length of first metacarpal x 100 
Maximum length of humerus, 
A comparison of the first metacarpal in the Munsee and in the 
United States whites shows that this bone in the Munsee on both 
sides (and in both sexes) is somewhat shorter, indicating a smaller 
