No.RangeMeanS.D.C.V.
Total sample81565-8675.34.15.4
Interior15467-8675.46.08.0
East12065-8275.43.54.6
Coast21066-8375.73.44.5
N.W.7968-8375.23.44.5
Tonga (Sullivan)11663-8773.24.66.2

Relative to face breadth, jaw width is 75.3 per cent with very little geographic variation.

Nasal Height

No.RangeMeanS.D.C.V.
Total sample81542-6553.93.46.3
Interior15445-6553.23.56.6
East12048-6254.73.15.7
Coast21046-6354.13.46.3
N.W.7945-6152.93.56.6
Fiji (Howells)13344-6352.43.97.4
Solomons (Howells)8540-5949.93.87.7
Tonga (Sullivan)11747-6557.43.96.8

The Fijian nose may be called medium long. Greatest nasal heights occur in the eastern and in the coastal series. The interior and northwestern groups have shorter noses. The Fijians of Howells' series fall near the short end of my averages. Natives of the Solomons are definitely lower in nasal height, whereas the Tongan's average is so much higher that one suspects a difference in the location of the nasion.

Nasal Breadth

No.RangeMeanS.D.C.V.
Total sample81531-6246.73.47.3
Interior15440-6147.63.47.1
East12038-5345.53.06.6
Coast21038-6246.43.37.1
N.W.7931-5747.43.67.6
Fiji (Howells)13337-5446.193.06.0
Solomons (Howells)8534-5144.62.86.3
Tonga (Sullivan)11738-5544.43.06.8

Broad noses are common to most Fijians. The greatest contrast is between the narrower-nosed eastern people and the interior people, among whom the widest noses occur. The nose of the Solomon Islanders is somewhat narrower, according to Howells' data, and the Tongan average is also lower.

Nasal Index

No.RangeMeanS.D.C.V.
Total sample81561-11287.18.29.4
Interior15469-10989.78.19.0
East12061-10083.27.69.1
Coast21063-11186.07.18.7
N.W.7963-11089.98.69.6
Fiji (Howells)13368-12388.88.39.3
Solomons (Howells)8568-11987.18.910.2
Tonga (Sullivan)11761-9877.67.69.8