NASAL DIMENSIONS IN WESTERN AND OTHER ESKIMO CRANIA ------------------+-----------------------+----------------------- | Males | Females Area +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- | Height|Breadth| Index | Height|Breadth| Index ------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Groups | (14) | (14) | (14) | (10) | (10) | (10) Southwestern | | | | | | and Midwestern | 5.46 | 2.42 | _44.3_| 5.06 | 2.32 | _45.8_ ------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Groups | (7) | (7) | (7) | (6) | (6) | (6) Northwestern | 5.42 | 2.37 | _43.7_| 5.06 | 2.30 | _45.4_ ------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Groups | (6) | (6) | (6) | (5) | (5) | (5) Northern Arctic | | | | | | and northeastern| 5.38 | 2.28 | _42.4_| 4.95 | 2.18 | _44.0_ ------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Detailed group data on the nasal index show that this ranges from _47.7_ on the Yukon to _41.8_ in the northernmost contingent of the Eskimo at Smith Sound. The Kotzebue group that shows even a higher index than on the Yukon is too small to have much weight. Barrow and Point Barrow are once more nearly the same, as are the Old Igloos and Greenland; and there are some other interesting relations. ESKIMO SKULLS: NASAL INDEX BOTH SEXES TAKEN TOGETHER IN DESCENDING ORDER _Southwestern and midwestern_ (6) Pilot Station, Lower Yukon 47.7 (5) Southwestern Alaska 47.5 (31) Indian Point (Siberia) 46.5 (13) Hooper Bay 46.2 (6) Cape Nome and Port Clarence 46.0 (280) St. Lawrence Island 45.8 (5) Chukchee 45.6 (10) Mumtrak 45.2 (107) Nunivak Island 45.1 (9) Togiak and vicinity 45.0 (29) Pastolik 44.9 (23) Nelson Island 44.6 (11) Little Diomede Island 44.5 (13) St. Michael Island 42.9 (4) Yukon Delta 42.7 _Northwestern_