EYES

Eye Folds: External

AbsentSubm.+++Total
No. %No. %No. %No. %
Fiji804 985 14 10 0813
Interior152 990 01 10 0153
East119 990 01 10 0120
Coast209 991 11 10 0208
N.W.78 990 01 10 079

Eye Fold: Median

AbsentSubm.+++Total
No. %No. %No. %No. %
Fiji I782 963 1/225 33 1/2813
Interior152 990 01 10 0153
East108 901 110 81 1120
Coast202 971 05 21 0209
N.W.78 990 00 01 179

Eye Folds: Internal

AbsentSubm.+++Total
No. %No. %No. %No. %
Fiji I778 964 030 41 0813
Interior151 990 02 10 0153
East102 851 117 141 0120
Coast203 970 06 30 0209
N.W.78 990 01 10 079
Fiji II116 897 5-1/27 5-1/20 0130
Solomons80 942 2-1/23 3-1/20 085
Tonga63 5733 309 86 5111

Eye folds are not a feature of the Fijian facial make-up. The external fold is present in only 2 per cent of the total series. The median fold shows a 96 per cent absence. The eastern groups exceed the other provinces with a 10 per cent occurrence. The internal eye fold has a total presence of 4 per cent and is also commoner in the east (14 per cent).

Eye Obliquity

AbsentSubm.+++Total
No. %No. %No. %No. %
Fiji I251 31358 43201 253 1813
Interior92 6046 3014 91 1153
East33 2852 3545 380 0120
Coast47 22102 4958 282 1209
N.W.27 3432 4120 250 079