Chapter XLIII: Munsee: Ulna

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| Males | Females
+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------
| Right | Left | Right | Left
+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------
|Number|Length,|Number|Length,|Number|Length,|Number|Length,
| of |maximum| of |maximum| of |maximum| of |maximum
| bones| | bones| | bones| | bones|
---------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------
Average: | | _cm._ | | _cm._| | _cm._ | | _cm._
Paired | 6 | 27.6 | 6 | 27.5 | 10 | 25.5 | 10 | 25.2
Total | | | | | | | |
present| 8 | 27.5 | 9 | 27.7 | 11 | 25.45| 11 | 25.3
Minimum | 8 | 26.6 | 9 | 26.1 | 11 | 23.7 | 11 | 23.4
Maximum | 8 | 28.6 | 9 | 29.3 | 11 | 26.5 | 11 | 26.5
---------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------

FEMUR

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS

The total number of adult femora in condition for measurement is 60—33 males, 27 females.

The bones, as a rule, are normally developed and with one exception free from anomalies. The exception is the left femur of male subject no. 285,301, which shows a large spinous process on the mesial border of the bone above the internal condyle (_proc. supracondyloideus femoris_), as exhibited in plate 23. The linea aspera, while mostly well developed, is in no case exceptionally high. The curvature and torsion show nothing exceptional.

MEASUREMENTS

As this is the most important of the long-bones, a number of measurements besides the length were taken, as indicated below.

The mean bicondylar length of the Munsee femora, taking both sides together, is 45.5 cm. in the males and 42 cm. in the females. Judging from observations on whites and on other Indians, these lengths correspond to the average stature of approximately 167 cm. in the male and 156 cm. in the female Munsee. These figures are very close to those obtained by the help of the well-known Manouvrier and Rochet tables, and may therefore be safely accepted. They show that the Munsee were somewhat above the medium, but not really tall in stature.