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As it was impossible to obtain more than one skull in Papua Tâlandjang, the head- 

 measurements of the living may be of some value; for comparison with the dimensions 

 of the skull it will be necessary to deduct 10 m. m. from ail measurements taken with the 

 calipers. With the grouping and nomination I follovv Martin [1905, 342]: 



Head index. Skull index, 



less than 76.4 dolichocephalic less than 74.9 



76.5 till 80.9 mesaticephalic 75.0 till 79.9 



81.0 „ S 5. 9 brachycephalic 80.0 „ 84.9 



86.0 and higher hyperbrachycephalic 85.0 and higher. 



The form of the head can only be judged when the exubérant hair has been shaved 

 and then the top often appears ridged (see also the description of the skull of Ungrau, 

 page 358), a well-marked sagittal crest being perceptible (see N°. 41, PL XLVI, fig. 3). 



Table XI. Lineal head measurements; indices. 





Length. 



Breadth. 



Hei § ht Latitudinal 



Altitudinal 

 index. 



Breadth- 

 lieight 

 index. 





Médian. 



Ratio. 



Médian. 



Ratio. 



Médian. 



t, ,. index. 

 Ratio. 1 



Humboldt Bay / 

 Lake Sentâni 3* 



190 

 133 

 1S9 



11. 7 

 II. 7 

 12.4 



148 

 13S 

 144 



9.1 

 S.S 

 9.0 



1 22 



n6 



121 



7.5 77.90 

 7.4 75.67 



7.6 75.68 



64.2S 

 63-44 

 63-56 



82.4 

 85.5 

 84.0 



Horizontal. 



Médian. I Ratio. Médian. I Ratio. 



Sagittal. 



Humboldt Bay 



Lake Sentâni 

 Jabim . . 

 Merauke . 



n n 

 Mimika . 

 Etna Bay 

 Fak Fak. 



o 7 



a 



o* 

 o* 



Q 



o* 

 <? 



538 



558 

 526 

 569 

 548 

 546 

 546 

 547 



34-1 



366 



34-5 



356 



35-° 



368 



32.6 



— 



34-6 



358 



35-° 



344 



33-2 



369 



33-2 



360 



35-i 



37° 



22.4 



22.8 



21.7 

 21.9 

 22.5 

 21.9 



23-8 



Transverse. 



Médian. 



Ratio. 



340 



20.S 



345 



22.1 



346 



21.7 



331 



20.6 



334 



20.3 



324 



20.7 



334 



20.3 



329 



20.0 



320 



20.6 



Hagen. 

 Koch. 



The absolute, but also the relative measurements of the head may be called small. 

 That the head of the women is in an absolute sensé smaller, in a relative sensé larger than 

 that of the men is clearest with the Tugeri women. Judging from the average measurements 

 in the table the Sentâni people must be called dolichocephalic, the H.B. people mesati- 

 cephalic, but it deserves attention that amongst the former there was a low range of 

 individual variations, 13 being dolichocephalic and 9 mesaticephalic, whilst with the coast- 

 people less than half (8) were dolichocephalic, 7 meso-, 2 brachy- and 1 hyperbrachycephalic. 

 This greater uniformity, also found with the length-height index, of the inland people is in 

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