Malar Projection: Frontal

AbsentSubm.+++Total
No. %No. %No. %No. %
Fiji I4 1/20 0709 87100 12809
Interior0 00 0139 9114 9153
East0 00 0103 8617 14120
Coast1 00 0181 8727 13209
N.W.0 00 067 8512 1579

The facial contours generally include lateral malar projection; two-thirds show a pronounced condition and the balance are medium. The eastern people have high cheek bones oftener than do the others.

Frontal malar projection is also common but more often moderately so; 87 per cent show medium projection and 12 per cent are pronounced.

Gonial Angles

Sbm.++++++Total
No. %No. %No. %No. %
Fiji I24 3459 56325 405 1813
Interior0 097 6355 361 1153
East1 165 5454 450 0120
Coast7 3110 5390 432 1209
N.W.3 449 6227 340 079

Palate Shape

ParabolicSm. ULg. USquareTotal
No. %No. %No. %No. %
Fiji I493 612 0303 3715 2813
Interior94 610 059 390 0153
East81 680 038 321 1120
Coast131 630 071 347 3209
N.W.50 631 127 341 179

A fairly strong tendency to well-developed gonial angles is indicated; 40 per cent show pronounced angles and nearly all the rest are medium. These proportions hold pretty much for all groups.

Palate shape also attests to the well-developed jaws of Fijians; it is a large U in 37 per cent of the subjects; 2 per cent are square and the remainder parabolic.