A Racial Study of the Fijians

by Norman E. Gabel

Forehead Slope

	Absent	Subm.	+	++	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	8 1	280 34	460 56	65 8	813
Interior	0 0	53 35	87 57	13 8	153
East	0 0	38 32	72 60	10 8	120
Coast	4 2	78 37	113 54	14 7	209
N.W.	2 3	27 34	47 59	4 4	79
Tonga	1 1	70 60	45 39	0 0	116

Forehead height is submedium in more than half the cases (55 per cent); the others are all medium. There is no significant variation among the subgroups.

A sloping forehead is quite characteristic of the Fijian head; 56 per cent are moderately sloping, 8 per cent are pronounced, and 34 per cent are submedium. Only 1 per cent have foreheads with no recession. Regional differences are very slight.

NOSE

Nasion Depression

	Absent	Subm.	+	++	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	1 0	170 21	579 71	63 8	813
Interior	0 0	41 27	103 67	9 6	153
East	1 1	32 27	85 71	2 2	120
Coast	0 0	45 22	144 69	10 10	209
N.W.	0 0	18 23	56 71	6 6	79

Root Height

	Absent	Subm.	+	++	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	1 0	63 8	555 67	194 24	813
Interior	0 0	16 10	96 63	41 27	153
East	1 1	3 3	77 64	39 33	120
Coast	0 0	10 5	157 75	42 20	209
N.W.	0 0	4 5	57 72	18 23	79

Root Breadth