The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes

by Thomas Whiffen

Tribe.	Chest—Round.		Waist.
	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.
1. Resigero	85	75	73	71
2. Nonuya	87	79	73	75
3. Boro	88	75	77	65
4. Andoke	89	82	76	76
5. Witoto	90	—	77	—

Tribe.	Hips—Round.		Tip Shoulder-Tip Elbow.
	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.
1. Resigero	82	79	35	28
2. Nonuya	83	88	35	32
3. Boro	87	81	34	30
4. Andoke	90	87	38	33
5. Witoto	84	—	36	—

Tribe.	Elbow to Top Middle Finger.		Eminence Buttock to Tip Flexed Knee.[439]
	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.
1. Resigero	45	39	52	44
2. Nonuya	47	41	53	48
3. Boro	46	42	47	45
4. Andoke	48	40	53	48
5. Witoto	44	—	52	—

Tribe.	Crutch to Tip of Flexed Knee.		Eminence Knee to Ground.
	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.
1. Resigero	37	28	51	44
2. Nonuya	40	31	53	45
3. Boro	36	32	51	45
4. Andoke	41	33	55	44
5. Witoto	38	—	52	—

Tribe.	Feet.		Distance between Nipples.
	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.
1. Resigero	Broad, large	Broad, small	20	23
2. Nonuya	Long	Broad	21.5	23
3. Boro	Large	Small	23	22
4. Andoke	Large, broad	Medium	22	20
5. Witoto	Large, broad	—	22	—

Tribe.	Length from Centre Nipples to Navel.		Navel to Crutch.
	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.
1. Resigero	23	24	19	19
2. Nonuya	25	22	24	20
3. Boro	21	22	20	20
4. Andoke	25	25	24	23
5. Witoto	26	22	—	—

Tribe.	Remarks.
	Male.	Female.
1. Resigero	Moderate	Plump
2. Nonuya	Lean	Fat
3. Boro	Well-nourished	Well-nourished
4. Andoke	Well-nourished	Very plump
5. Witoto	Well-nourished	—

Essential Measurements
Two Cases, Women, Witoto

			Centimetres.
1.	Head	Maximum length	17.3	18.15
2.		Maximum breadth	13.85	13.9
3.	Nose	Length from base to root	4.3	4.0
4.		Breadth across nostrils	3.0	3.0
5.	Projection of head	From vertex to root of nose	9.2	10.0
6.		” ” mouth	16.0	14.2
7.		” ” chin	19.0	17.4
8.		” ” tragus of ear	10.7	12.0
9.	Bizygomalic breadth of face		12.75	12.0
9.	Face length from nasim to chin		10.2	9.3
10.	Length of upper limb		60.0	[440]
11.	” cubit		38.0
12.	” hand along its back		15.0
13.	” foot		23.0
14.	Sitting height		72.0
15.	Kneeling height		103.75
16.	Standing height		139.5
17.	(Obvious) height to chin		120.5
18.	Height to sternal notch		117.0
19.	Height from internal malleolus to ground		6.4
20.	Span of arms		140.5