Part 9 (1/2)
Eye opening height is preponderately moderate (91 per cent). The remaining 10 per cent with one exception show submedium eye opening.
Regional variation is not great. The eastern and interior groups have a little higher frequency in the submedium cla.s.s.
FOREHEAD
_Brow Ridges_
Absent Subm. + ++ +++ Total No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 0 0 148 19 364 44 295 36 6 1 813 Interior 0 0 16 10 69 45 64 42 4 3 153 East 0 0 28 23 42 35 50 42 0 0 120 Coast 0 0 42 20 99 47 67 32 1 0 209 N.W. 0 0 19 24 40 51 19 24 1 1 79
Brow ridges are a marked feature of Fijians in general. None of them lack some supraorbital development. Forty-four per cent have medium brow ridges, 36 per cent are p.r.o.nounced, and 1 per cent are very p.r.o.nounced.
The other 19 per cent are small. The interior and eastern groups share a little higher incidence of p.r.o.nounced brow ridges; the other regions are nearer the total distribution of variations.
_Forehead Height_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 0 0 444 55 369 45 0 0 813 Interior 0 0 90 59 63 41 0 0 153 East 0 0 68 57 52 43 0 0 120 Coast 0 0 110 53 99 47 0 0 209 N.W. 0 0 46 58 33 42 0 0 79
_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 p.r.o.nounced, 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_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total No. % No. % No. % No. %