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| Stature: 173.3 cm. |
| Weight: 172.1 lbs. |
| Arm length: 75.1 cm. |
| Leg length: 82.2 cm. |
| Shoulder breadth: 41 cm. |
| Hip breadth: 29.1 cm. |
| Shoulder-hip index: 71.0 |
| Chest breadth: 28.8 cm. |
| Chest depth: 22.8 cm. |
| Thoracic index: 75.7 |
| Sitting height: 86.3 cm. |
| Sitting height-stature index: 50.0 |
| Body build: Strongly mesomorphic |
| Head length: 187.2 mm. |
| Head breadth: 156.9 mm. |
| Cephalic index: 83.9 |
| Head height: 128.6 mm. |
| Length-height index: 68.7 |
| Length-breadth index: 81.1 |
| Minimum frontal diameter: 109.8 mm. |
| Fronto-parietal index: 70.0 |
| Bizygomatic breadth: 146.7 mm. |
| Cephalo-facial index: 93.2 |
| Zygo-frontal index: 75.3 |
| Bigonial breadth: 109.6 mm. |
| Fronto-gonial index: 100.1 |
| Zygo-gonial index: 74.7 |
| Bicanine breadth: 39.8 |
| Total facial height: 122.3 mm. |
| Total facial index: 84.1 |
| Upper facial height: 71.3 |
| Upper facial index: 48.9 |
| Nasal height: 53.1 |
| Nasal breadth: 45.5 |
| Nasal index: 85.6 |
| FACE |
| Pronounced malars |
| Moderately long face |
| Wide gonia |
| Moderate chin |
| Moderate prognathism |
| NOSE |
| Broad bridge |
| Wide root |
| Moderate length |
| Thick tip |
| Flaring nostrils |
| Straight profile |
| LIPS |
| Moderately thick |
| Pronounced lip seam |
| Moderate eversion |
| EARS |
| Moderate size |
| Small lobe |
| Attached lobe |
| Moderate protrusion |
| Black color |
| Frizzly form |
| Pronounced quantity |
| Coarse texture |
| Intermediate length |
CURLY HAIR WAVY HAIR
| 20 per cent occurrence |
| 26 per cent occurrence |
| No prognathism |
| High forehead |
| Moderate browridges |
| Moderate prognathism |
| Low, receding forehead |
| Pronounced browridges |
| Pronounced prognathism |
| Low, receding forehead |
| Very pronounced browridges |
| Shorter stature |
| Narrower shoulders |
| Deeper chest |
| Darker skin |
| Narrower head |
| Broader nose |
| Thicker lips |
| Heavier beard and body hair |
| Lower, more sloping forehead |
| More compressed parietals |
| More pronounced brow ridges |
| More prognathic |
| Lighter skin |
| Less beard and body hair |
| Wavy hair |
| Wider head |
| Higher, steeper forehead |
| Less prognathic |
| Higher, narrower nose |
| Moderately thick lips |
[1] Hooton, 1946, pp. 735-763.
[2] Derrick, 1946, pp. 5-6.
[3] Ibid., pp. 7-8.
[4] Population statistics from "Fiji Information," of 1954, issued by Public Relations Office, Suva, Fiji.
[5] Hooton, 1946, p. 621.
[6] Birdsell, 1949, p. 120.
[7] Fornander, 1878.
[8] Churchill, 1911.
[9] Hocart, 1929, p. 236.
[10] Howells, 1933, p. 335.
[11] Roth, 1953, pp. 54, 55.
[12] One pound deducted for dress (usually shorts only).
[13] By subtracting sitting height from total stature.
[14] Cranial measurements are not distorted by cradling practice or other causes of deformation.
[15] Howells records skin color with the von Luschan scale. I have adjusted this scale to my own.
[16] + means medium or moderate; ++ means pronounced; +++ means very pronounced.
[17] Observation taken on the chest.
[18] W. H. Sheldon, The Variation of Human Physique, Harper and Bros., 1940.
[19] Birdsell, 1949, p. 120.
[20] Hooton, 1946, p. 621.
[21] Howells, 1933, p. 332.
[22] Simmons et al., 1945, pp. 3-4
[23] See pp. 1 and 4 of Introduction.
[Transcriber's Note: Figures incorrectly entered as zero have been calculated and inserted in {}.]