(7) Hudson Bay and vicinity 95.3 (16) North Arctic 97.8 (9) Smith Sound 98.3 (15) Southampton Island 99.8 (33) Baffin Land and vicinity 99.9 (101) Greenland 101.8 FOOTNOTES: [153] These subdivisions are somewhat arbitrary and may, as data accumulate and are better understood, be found to need some modification. THE FACE The facial dimensions of the Eskimo skull offer a number of points of unusual interest. The face is absolutely and especially relatively to stature very large in all measurements. It is particularly high between the upper alveolar point and nasion. The large size of the Eskimo face will best be appreciated from a few figures. FACIAL DIMENSIONS OF THE WESTERN AND OTHER ESKIMO CRANIA COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE SIOUAN AND ALGONQUIAN TRIBES -----------------+-------------------+---------------+------+---------- | Southwestern and | Eskimo |Siouan|Algonquian | midwestern Eskimo | in general |tribes| tribes +----------+--------+------+--------+------+---------- |Mean of 14| 10 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 15 | groups | groups |groups| groups |groups| groups | (male) |(female)|(male)|(female)|(male)| (female) -----------------+----------+--------+---------------+------+---------- Total height | | | | | | (ment.-nas.) | 12.60 | (11.63)| 12.52| (11.59)| 12.26| 12.11 Upper height | | | | | | (alv. pt.-nas.)| 7.87 | (7.29)| 7.79| (7.21)| 7.52| 7.35 Diameter | | | | | | bizyg. max. | 14.25 | (13.27)| 14.26| (13.22)| 14.16| 13.89 Module of | | | | | | upper face | | | | | | (U. H. + B)/2 | 11.06 | (10.28)| 11.03| (10.22)| 10.84| 10.62 -----------------+----------+--------+------+--------+------+--------