_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 pronounced, and 1 per cent are very pronounced.
The other 19 per cent are small. The interior and eastern groups share a
little higher incidence of pronounced 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 pronounced, and 34 per cent
are submedium. Only 1 per cent have foreheads with no recession.
Regional differences are very slight.