Chapter XXI: Munsee Crania: Nasion Depression

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| 7 males | 12 females
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|Cases|Per cent|Cases|Per cent
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Pronounced | 1 | 14 | — | —
Medium | 5 | 71 | 2 | 17
Shallow | 1 | 14 | 5 | 42
None or scarcely any| — | — | 5 | 42
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NASAL BRIDGE

The development of the nasal bridge differs among the Indians more or less from tribe to tribe, hence it would be erroneous to assume that all Indians, or even a majority in some of the tribes, had high noses. On the other hand, the nasal bridge is never flat and short as in the negro. In the females, as among the whites, the bridge is generally lower than in the males. The observations on the Munsee, among 17 cases in which the bridge is preserved, show 10 of medium height and 7 submedium to low.