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one time, but the line of demarcation is so definite in both 

 cases that I am inclined to believe they never at any time 

 covered more than the faces. 



The brow of each mask is rather finely modelled, the 

 arching eyebrows being very well worked out. They do 

 not show any bulging to represent the prominence of the 

 superciliary ridges, though the latter are well marked in 

 the skulls. The aperture of the eye is rather small in both 

 masks, and its long axis is set obliquely, though this axis 

 is inclined downwards and outwards instead of upwards 

 and outwards as in the Mongolian type of face. 



The nose in No. 1 mask tends to be of the European, or, 

 at any rate, Polynesian type. It is sharp and straight in 

 outline with the exception of a light bump at the junction of 

 the nasal bones with the cartilaginous portion, which is of 

 course a common feature of the nose of white races. On 

 the whole, it is moulded on rather fine lines, if one may 

 except an increased roominess of the nasal apertures, and 

 a slightly greater w'idth between the alae, w^hen compared 

 with the average European type. The nose of No. 2 mask 

 shows more of the negroid type, for it is slightly concave 

 from above downwards, and is wider and flatter than that 

 of No. 1. Moreover, the alae are also larger, and the capacity 

 of the nasal apertures greater. This fact is of interest 

 when compared with the persistently lower cranial indices 

 of No. 2 skull as compared with No. 1. 



The ridge of the nose when examined in profile is, in 

 both masks, almost exactly in line with the backward slope 

 of the forehead thus emphasising the latter to a marked 

 degree (Figure 9). 



The cheeks of both masks are rather prominent, this 

 effect being exaggerated by a marked hollowing of the lower 

 parts of each. The mouth in both instances is much larger 

 than in the European type of countenance. The lips are, 

 however, not of the thickened negroid type; in fact they are 



