_Eye Folds: External_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji 804 98 5 1 4 1 0 0 813
Interior 152 99 0 0 1 1 0 0 153
East 119 99 0 0 1 1 0 0 120
Coast 209 99 1 1 1 1 0 0 208
N.W. 78 99 0 0 1 1 0 0 79
_Eye Fold: Median_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 782 96 3 1/2 25 3 3 1/2 813
Interior 152 99 0 0 1 1 0 0 153
East 108 90 1 1 10 8 1 1 120
Coast 202 97 1 0 5 2 1 0 209
N.W. 78 99 0 0 0 0 1 1 79
_Eye Folds: Internal_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 778 96 4 0 30 4 1 0 813
Interior 151 99 0 0 2 1 0 0 153
East 102 85 1 1 17 14 1 0 120
Coast 203 97 0 0 6 3 0 0 209
N.W. 78 99 0 0 1 1 0 0 79
Fiji II 116 89 7 5-1/2 7 5-1/2 0 0 130
Solomons 80 94 2 2-1/2 3 3-1/2 0 0 85
Tonga 63 57 33 30 9 8 6 5 111
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_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 251 31 358 43 201 25 3 1 813
Interior 92 60 46 30 14 9 1 1 153
East 33 28 52 35 45 38 0 0 120
Coast 47 22 102 49 58 28 2 1 209
N.W. 27 34 32 41 20 25 0 0 79
_Eye Opening_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 0 0 75 9-1/2 737 91 1 1/2 813
Interior 0 0 24 16 128 84 1 1 153
East 0 0 13 11 107 89 0 0 120
Coast 0 0 9 4 200 96 0 0 209
N.W. 0 0 7 9 72 91 0 0 79
Some degree of eye obliquity is present in the majority of cases; 43 per
cent show a submedium condition; 25 per cent are medium and three
individuals have pronouncedly oblique eyes. The remainder, or 31 per
cent, have no obliquity. In the east, the natives depart from this total
distribution in opposite directions. The interior groups have much less
eye obliquity; the eastern people, a great deal more. The other
provinces are quite close to the total frequencies.
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 class.