THE VAULT: FOREHEAD

The conditions found in respect to the frontal region will be clearly

seen from the accompanying table. As general among Indians, this region

in the Munsee skulls shows high development only in exceptional cases.

In the males there is frequently more or less of a slope; in the

females, where slope is rare, low foreheads prevail.

[Illustration: BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 62 PLATE 11

MALE SKULL, NO. 99-6669, A.M.N.H., FROM MANHATTAN ISLAND (VIEW FROM

ABOVE), SHOWING LONG OVOID OUTLINE]

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