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N°. 29 (PI. XLII) even show a surplus of 182 and 212 m. m. resp., giving a relative arm-span 

 of iii.i and 112.0 resp. With the taller (coast) people the relative span of arms is greater 

 than with the shorter (inland) people, the same as found by SCHELLONG [1S91] and KOCH 

 [1. c, 205]. That a great biacromial breadth is not to be put down to this unusually large span 

 of arms is proved by the fact that the relative biacromial breadth of the shorter inland 

 people is greater than that of the taller coast people (see table VIII). When examining the photos 

 one is struck by the length of the arms; often the tip of the middle finger reaches nearly 

 to the knee (e. g. N°. 14; length of arm 804, relative 1. o. a. 49.0), adding decidedly to the 

 ugly impression which many Papuans make upon us. In the figures tabulated below it appears 

 that (with the exception of the Tugeri; Merauke) the women, though possessing a lower 

 relative sp. o. a., also found with European women (MaNOUVRIER [1902, 80]), hâve a higher 

 relative 1. o. a., which need not cause surprise, as FRITSCH [1899, 161] gives for the maie 

 43.1 and for the female 46.0. 



Table 



II. Arm-span and 



a r m - 1 e n g t h. 







Standing 

 height. 



Span of arms. 



Length 



of arm. 







Surplus. 



Médian. 



Ratio. 



j 

 Médian. 



Ratio. 





Humboldt Bay <f 



1633 



121 



1754 



107.2 



762 



46.I 









1561 



101 



1662 



106.5 



731 



46.8 





Lake Sentâni d" 



1597 



94 



1691 



106.0 



737 



46.2 





Jabim ....</ 



1614 



— 



— 



— 



745 



46.1 



Hagen. 



» » ■ ■ • ■ d* 



1606 



98 



1704 



106. 1 



753 



46.9 



SCHELI.ONG. 





 tj n .... -f- 



1530 



66 



1596 



304.3 



— 



— 



n n 



Kai J 



1546 



73 



1624 



105.0 



712 



46.7 



T) Tï 



Poum .... 1/ 



1543 



70 



1613 



104-5 



718 



46.5 



n n 



Merauke . . . d* 



1649 



124 



1773 



107.5 



846 



5i-3 



Koch. 



n î) ... V 



1567 



76 



1643 



104.S 



736 



46.9 



n 



British N. G. tf 



1562 



— 



— 



— 



736 



47.2 



COMRIE. 



Ail thèse Papuans are long-armed, in eastern Asia only the Deli Malays with 46. 1 

 (HAGEN [1898, 91]) and the Veddahs with 47.0 (SARASIN [1893, 89]) or 45.5 (MARTIN 

 [1905, 249]) hâve a corresponding relative arm-length. With the two Sentâni boys (N°. 41, 

 PL XL VI, and N°. 42) at the âge of 12 and 14 years resp. the relative sp. o. a. proved to 

 be 103.9 an d !03-7, and the relative arm-length 45.1 and 45.7 resp.. 



The height at which the arms are fastened to the trunk, the height of the acro- 

 mion, is with my maies as often above as below the height of the jugular notch, still on 

 an average the acromion lies 6 m. m. higher, with the H. B. women lower, another reason 

 for the tip of the finger to reach far downwards (see PL IL, fig. 1). With the Tugeri KOCH 

 1. c, found the reverse. 



The following table concerns the différent parts of the upper limb as compared with 

 the standing height. The forearm lias been measured from the articulai- line between the 

 head of the radius and the external condyle of the humérus, to the extrême end of the 

 styloid process of the radius. — With the lower limb the tibia has been measured, from the 

 articular line of the knee-joint to the lower end of the internai malleolus. 



