6c Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Osteology of the Western and Central Eskimos 



By John Camebon, M.D., D.Sc. 



Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. 



XIV H-4 



The cranium of a young adult male. A very massive and perfect skull. 

 The sutures are all very distinct. Perfect dentition. (See Plates II, III, IV, 

 V and VI). 



Cubic capacity 1,450-0 com. 



Maximum length 196-0 mm. 



GlabeUa-inion length 192-0 " 



Maximum breadth 143-0 " 



Bregma-basion 140-0 " 



Nasion-basion 110-0 " 



Basion-alveolar length 104-0 " 



Nasal height 64-0 " 



Nasal width " 23-0 " 



Orbital height f R. 41 mm. 



\L. 41 mm. 



Orbital width fR. 46 mm. 



\L. 46 mm. 



Minimum post-orbital width 104-0 " 



Interzygomatic width 148-0 " 



Interstephanic width 86-0 " 



Horizontal cranial circumference 551-0 " 



Maxillo-facial height 90-0 " 



Palato-maxiUary width 67-0 " 



Palato-maxiUary length 56-0 " 



Length of foramen magnum 41-0 " 



Maximum depth of temporal fossa 29-0 " 



Glabella-bregma chord 111-5 " 



Glabella-lambda chord 186-0 " 



Bregma-lambda chord 113-0 " 



Bregma-inion chord 155-0 " 



Lambda-inion chord 66-5 " 



Bregmatic angle 54-5° 



Height of bregma above glabella-inion line 90-5 mm. 



Index of height of bregma above the glabella-inion line — 



90-5X100 = 47-1 



192 



CRANIAL INDICES 



Cephalic index 73-0 



Index of height 71-4 



Breadth-height index 97-9 



Alveolar index 94-6 



Orbital index 89-5 



Nasal index 35-9 



Maxillo-facial index 60-8 



Stephano-zygomatic index 58-1 



Fronto-parietal index 72-7 



Palato-maxiUary index 119-6 



Gonio-zygomatic index 83-4 



Nasion-prosthion height index 25-0 



