HRDLICKA— CHIPPEWA ANTHROPOLOGY 



The Indian auricle, considered alone or in relation to stature or 

 length of face, is generally large, perceptibly larger than the ear of 

 the white man, and even more so than the ear of the negro. It could 

 be conveniently designated as macropinnic, while that of the majority 

 of white men is mesopinnic, and that of most of the African negroes 

 micropinnic . The Chippewa agree in this respect with the rest of the 

 Indians. The slightly higher value of the length of their ear than that 

 in other tribes is attributable to the number of old persons in the 

 series; the external ear grows to some extent in length with age. 



The index of the ear (percental relation between breadth and 

 length) is somewhat lower in the Chippewa and in other Indians than 

 in the American whites, showing that in the latter the ear is not only 

 absolutely but also relatively shorter. 



LEFT EAR: LENGTH 



Males Females 



Cm. Per cent Per cent 



5-6-6.0 .. 5 



6.1-6.5 J 5 20 



6.6-7.0 31 49 



7-1-7-5 3i 22 



7.6-8.0 8 5 



Above 8 15 



Average 7.2 cm. 6.85 cm. 



Minimum 6.4 cm. 5.8 cm. 



Maximum 8.9 cm. 8.0 cm. 



Other Indians 7.25 cm. 6.95 cm. 



Old-American whites 6.7 cm. 6.1 cm. 



LEFT EAR: BREADTH 



Males Females 



Cm. Per cent Per cent 



3-30-3-5 '•■• 8 18 



3-51-3-75 15 33 



3.76-4.0 62 33 



4.01-4.25 8 15 



4.26-4.5 8 ___ 



Average 3.88 cm. 3.77 cm. 



Minimum 3.5 cm. 3.3 cm. 



Maximum 4.3 cm. 4.2 cm. 



Other Indians 3.9 cm. 3.7 cm. 



Old-American whites 3.75 cm. 3.45 cm. 



LEFT EAR: INDEX 



Males Females 



Per cent Per cent 



47.2-50.O.... 8 17 



50.I-55.0 62 32 



55.I-60.0 23 29 



60.1-65.2 8 22 



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