Males 



Females 



Subjects 



Per cent 



Subjects 



Per cent 



2 



12 



7 



17 



I 



6 



i 



2 







6 



14 







3 



7 



3 



17 



3 



7 



• 





5 



12 



HOLMES ANNIVERSARY VOLUME 



I slightly 

 moderately 

 markedly 

 slightly 

 moderately 

 markedly 



Septum. — The nasal septum, observations on the inclination of 

 which are of some anthropological value, was found to differ consider- 

 ably in this respect among the Chippewa. It was as follows: 



NASAL SEPTUM 



Males Females 



Subjects Per cent Subjects Per cent 



Horizontal or nearly so, in 5 29 22 52 



I slightly I 6 4 10 

 moderately 1637 

 markedly 



slightly 3 17 6 14 



moderately 4 23 3 7 



markedly 3 17 4 10 



The higher grades of downward inclination of the septum pre- 

 dominate among the old, owing to the growth of the free parts of the 

 nose up to relatively old age. Horizontal septa, and to a slight extent 

 also those inclined upward, were found more frequently in the females, 

 while the downward inclinations were in general more common in the 

 males. These conditions again are connected with the length of the 

 nasal bridge, which, relatively to the facial length, averages some- 

 what greater in the males than in the females. 



Lips. — In three-fifths of the male and three-fourths of the female 

 full-blood Chippewa, the lips are in dimensions, as well as in shape, 

 about as in average whites, but in the remaining proportion of cases 

 one (generally the lower) or both lips were found slightly to moder- 

 ately stouter. In two of the old males in whom the lower lip seemed 

 thicker, it was merely everted. Thin upper lips were seen in several 

 cases among the old, but were in every case connected with and no 

 doubt due to loss of teeth and to alveolar absorption. 



Prognathism. — Facial prognathism, such as found among the 

 negro, is practically unknown among Indians; but alveolar prog- 

 nathism of moderate degree is common. In about one-fourth of the 

 subjects here reported on, loss of teeth and more or less absorption 

 of the alveolar process made a correct estimate of this feature impossi- 

 ble. Among the rest of the subjects the notations were as follows : 



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