Chapter II: Munsee Crania: Measurements Relating to the Size of the Vault19

MALES
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Number | Capacity[20]|Cranial |Circumference|Nasion- |Thickness
| |Module |maximum |opisthion|of left
| | |(above |arc |parietal (1
| |(L+B+H) |supraorbital | |cm. above
| | —————— |ridges) | |and along
| | 3 | | |squamous
| | | | |suture)
---------+------------+---------+-------------+---------+------------
| _c.c._ | _cm._ | _cm._ | _cm._ | _min._
285,326 | 1,470 |15.27 | 49.3 | 36.2 | 4
285,306 | 1,505 |15.57 | 51.5 | 36.6 | 4.5
285,303 | 1,515 |15.47 | 51.7 | 38.3 | 5.5
285,301 | 1,515 |15.83 | 51 | 36.9 | 6.5
285,305 | 1,530 |15.10 | 49.4 | 35.2 | 5.0
285,313 | 1,550 |15.63 | 51.3 | 37.1 | 5.5
285,308 | 1,720 |16.07 | 55 | 39.5 | 4
+------------+---------+-------------+---------+-----------
| (7) | (7) | (7) | (7) | (7)
Averages | 1,544 |15.56 | 51.3 | 37.1 | 5
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FEMALES
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285,327 | 1,225 |14.37 | 48.5 | 34.9 | 3.5
285,307 | 1,240 |14.27 | 47.6 | 33.9 | 3.5
285,347 | 1,265 |15.0 | 50.2 | 35.1 | 5.5
285,320 | 1,280 |14.60 | 48.2 | 35.0 | 4.0
285,304 | 1,275 |15.03 | 48.7 | 33.3 | 5.0
285,302 | 1,295 |14.43 | 47.9 | 33.8 | 4.0
285,309 | 1,300 |14.87 | 50.1 | 36.3 | 4.0
285,321 | 1,310 |15.03 | 48.7 | 34.0 | 5.0
285,310 | 1,375 |15.17 | 49.3 | 35.0 | 5.0
| (9) | (9) | (9) | (9) | (9)
Averages | 1,285 |14.75 | 48.8 | 34.6 | 4.4
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[19] Arranged on the basis of capacity.

[20] Measured with dry mustard-seed and by the writer’s method described in _Science_, XVII, 1903, pp. 1011-1014.

It will be noted that the measurements of the Munsee skulls, particularly those of the males, show fair capacity as well as external size of the vault, and also that only a few of the crania are thick-walled. An interesting feature is the unusual superiority of the measurements of the males over those of the females. This in a measure is due to the occurrence among the males of one skull of extraordinary size (1,720 c. c.); but even if we exclude this, the difference between the two sexes is somewhat greater than among other Indians. In the following table are given a few comparative data on this point.

MALE MUNSEE SKULL, NO. 285,303, U.S.N.M. (FRONT VIEW)]