HOLMES ANNIVERSARY VOLUME 



WHITE AMERICANS 



Males Females 



Cm. Cm. 



Height of Head 13.8 13.25 



Breadth of Head I 5-4\ Mean=I7 -- H-8 \ Mean _ l6 7 „ 



Length of Head Ig7 jMean- 17.55 lg 65 j Mean -1 6.735 



Height- Length Index 70.0 71.0 



Height-Breadth Index 89.5 89.5 



Mean Height Index of the 



Head 78.6 79.2 



In concluding this subject, attention should be called to the re- 

 markable uniformity or low extent of variation of the mean height 

 index of the head. In practically 60 per cent of both males and 

 females the index ranges over less than three points, or from 72.6 

 to 75; and the total difference between the minimum and maximum 

 in each sex is less than seven points. If this is compared with either 

 the height-length or height-breadth index, it will be appreciated how 

 much more satisfactorily the relative value of the height of the head 

 is expressed by the new index, which promises in general to be of con- 

 siderable value to anthropology. 



Dimensions of the Face 



The face of the Chippewa is in general of good proportions, with- 

 out being so impressively large as among the Sioux. Unfortunately 

 in the majority of the older subjects of both sexes the teeth were 

 found so worn down, or so many of them were lost, that accurate 

 measurements of the two heights of the face were impracticable. 

 Taking only the individuals most nearly normal as to teeth and jaws, 

 the dimensions obtained were as given in the table on page 217. 



Comparing the above averages with those obtained by the writer 

 among Southwestern tribes who stand nearest in stature to the Chip- 

 pewa, we see, as will be apparent from the following figures, that the 

 Chippewa face, so far as height is concerned, is almost precisely like 

 that of the Pima, whose body height is also almost identical. In this 

 respect therefore the Chippewa face may be regarded as typically 

 Indian, and does not follow the exceptional length and other dimen- 

 sions of the vault. 



FACIAL HEIGHT IN TRIBES OF SIMILAR STATURE 



Chin-nasion Chin-hairline 

 Stature 

 Cm. 



Havasupai 170.6 



Papago 170.9 



Mohave 171 .0 



Pima 171. 8 



Chippewa iyi . 



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Height 



Height 



Cm. 



Cm. 



12. I 



18.8 



12.3 



18.8 



11. 8 



18.5 



12.3 



I9.0 



12 .4 



10. 



