104 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BULL. 62 
LXXXVIII. THE CUBOID IN MUNSEE AND IN UNITED STATES WHITES 
MALES 
Number Thick- | Breadth- | Thickness- 
f Length | Breadth mate | Module | length length 
specimens | index index 
x ASS ee 8 2 oe |_ a ExtA = 
cm. cm, CMsaes | eeCuts 
ManSee: == oben sce (22) 3.75 2.85 2. 52 3. 04 75.8 67.1 
United States whites......- (48) 3. 96 3. 02 2.59 3.19 76.3 65. 5 
FEMALES 
IMITISBO ean oe eee ee (24) | 3.51 2. 63 2. 26 2. 80 75 64.3 
United States whites....... | (36) | 3. 62 2. 67 2537, 2.89 ean 65.5 
As to points for observation, some interest attaches to the cunei- 
form and talus facets. In the United States whites the facet for the 
external cuneiform is single in 70 per cent of the cases, divided by a 
well-marked ridge in 23 per cent, and double, though mostly con- 
nected, in 7 per cent of the specimens. In the Munsee, in 45 bones, 
a single facet is present in 42, or 93 per cent; and one with a ridge 
in three, or approximately 7 per cent, while two facets occur in no 
instance. 
In the United States whites a facet for the talus was found by the 
writer in four specimens out of the 82 examined, or approximately 5 
per cent. Among 44 cuboids of the Munsee it occurred in only one 
instance (2.3 per cent), and in this case it was small. 
The anterior or metatarsal facet of the cuboid is on the average 
flatter in the whites than in the Munsee, especially from side to side 
and in the bones of the males. 
Internal Cunerform 
The internal cuneiform is the largest of the cuneiforms and yields 
two measurements—the greatest height and smallest breadth— 
which with their indexes are suitable for comparison. There are 
45 of these bones in the Munsee material. 
The results of the measurements, given in the next table, show the 
bone in the males to be as usual somewhat larger than in the 
females. With respect to the sides, the left bone is as high as and 
very slightly broader than the right in the males (in paired bones); 
but in the females the left internal cuneiform is very slightly lower 
and more perceptibly narrower than the right. 
The breadth-height index on both sides is higher in the females, 
which shows that in this sex the bone is not only absolutely but also 
relatively lower than in the males. 
