The Tinguian eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 351 pages of information about The Tinguian.

The Tinguian eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 351 pages of information about The Tinguian.

Cephalic index 79.13 67.48 to 91.48
Nasal index 79.19 58.18 to 104.54

In this group 9 are brachycephalic
                 20 are mesaticephalic
                  3 are dolichocephalic

Color—­Ranges from light brown, with strong saffron undertone, to very dark brown or bronze.

Eyes—­Black to hazel brown.  “Malayan” fold in large majority.

Hair—­Coarse, straight and black.  A few individuals possess curly or wavy hair.

Nose—­Jenks gives no statement, but his photos show the root of the nose to be rather high; the bridge appears to be broad and straight, although in some individuals it tends toward concave.

29 females Average Range
Height, standing meters 1.4580
Length of head " .1859
Breadth of head " .1470
Length of nose " .0458
Breadth of nose " .0360

Cephalic index 79.09 64.89 to 87.64
Nasal index 78.74 58.53 to 97.56

In this group 12 are brachycephalic
              12 are mesaticephalic
               5 are dolichocephalic

Very different results were obtained by Kroeber [32] from the group of Igorot exhibited in San Francisco in 1906.  His figures may possibly be accounted for by the fact that about one third of the party came from Alap near the southern end of the Bontoc area, also, as he has suggested, by the preponderance of very young men.  The figures for this group are as follows: 

Observations on 18 Males

Average height 1.550 Range 1.46 to 1.630 "
         length of head .186 .176 to .194 "
         breadth of head .146 .138 to .153 "
         bizygomatic width .135 .129 to .142 "
         length of nose .041 .031 to .046 "
         breadth of nose .040 .036 to .046 "

cephalic index      78.43
nasal index         99.8

Observations on 7 Females

Average height 1.486 Range 1.440 to 1.530 "
         length of head .182 .171 to .191 "
         breadth of head .143 .136 to .150 "
         bizygomatic width .131 .127 to .136 "
         length of nose .037 .033 to .042 "
         width of nose .037 .036 to .038 "

cephalic index      78.59
nasal index         99.7

From these descriptive sheets it is obvious that each tribe is made up of very heterogeneous elements, and each overlaps the other to a considerable extent; however, the number of individuals measured is sufficiently great for us to draw certain general conclusions from the averages of each group.

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