Chapter XII: Munsee Crania: Occiput (in the Undeformed)

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| 4 males | 4 females
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|Cases|Per cent|Cases|Per cent
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Medium prominence | 3 | 75 | 3 | 75
Protruding | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25
Slightly asymmetric| 1 | (25) | 1 | (25)
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SUTURES: SERRATION

The serration of the cranial sutures is of interest for the reason that in the skulls of whites and in superior skulls generally the knitting is often, though not invariably, quite complex, while in the majority of the skulls among the retarded races it is more or less simple and may occasionally be nearly absent. For the sake of simplicity in recording the nature of the sutures the writer refers to the serration as “medium,” or about as it averages in whites; “submedium,” which is self-explanatory; and “poor,” or such as approaches a simple wavy line. Among the Indians the sutures range mostly from submedium to more simple, and the Munsee skulls form no exception. As seen from the actual data not one case reaches the standard of medium complexity in all the sutures, while in a large proportion of the specimens the serration of most, if not all, is decidedly inferior. No special difference exists in this respect between the skulls of different sizes.

MALE MUNSEE SKULL, NO. 285,308, U.S.N.M. (FRONT VIEW)]