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CEANIA AMERICANA. 



PLATE II. 



ANCIENT PERUVIAN. 



This extraordinary relic was exhumed from that part of the sandy tract of 

 Atacama which is nearest to Arica. I received it in fragments from Mr. T. R. 

 Peale of this city, and have heen so fortunate as to recompose all the parts. The 

 observer is struck with the greatly inclined forehead, the extreme elongation of 

 the whole head, and more particularly by the length of the occiput behind the 

 ear ; yet there is but little lateral expansion of the head, which, with the face, is 

 narrow in proportion throughout. 



This cranium belongs to a child not more than five years of age, and 

 presents the following measurements. 



Longitudinal diameter, . , . . . 6.9 inches. 



Parietal diameter, 



Frontal diameter. 



Vertical diameter, 



Extreme length of head and face. 



Internal capacity. 



Capacity of the anterior chamber, 



Capacity of the posterior chamber. 



4.6 inches. 



3.7 inches. 

 4.3 inches. 

 7.5 inches. 



64. cubic inches. 

 17. cubic inches. 

 47. cubic inches. 



