_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. %
Fiji I 0 0 1 0 258 32 554 68 813
Interior 0 0 0 0 38 25 115 75 153
East 0 0 1 1 53 44 66 55 120
Coast 0 0 0 0 67 32 142 68 209
N.W. 0 0 0 0 24 30 55 70 79
_Nasal Septum_
Straight Concave Convex Total
No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 777 99 0 0 36 4 813
Interior 153 100 0 0 0 0 153
East 118 98 0 0 2 2 120
Coast 196 94 0 0 13 6 199
N.W. 78 99 0 0 1 1 79
_Bridge Height_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 0 0 54 7 644 79 115 14 813
Interior 0 0 13 8 124 81 16 10 153
East 0 0 1 1 98 82 21 18 120
Coast 0 0 10 5 173 83 26 12 209
N.W. 0 0 7 9 60 76 12 15 79
Tonga 0 0 21 22 81 70 9 8 111
_Bridge Breadth_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 0 0 0 0 265 33 546 67 813
Interior 0 0 0 0 29 19 124 81 153
East 0 0 0 0 72 60 48 40 120
Coast 0 0 0 0 62 30 147 70 209
N.W. 0 0 0 0 23 29 56 71 79
_Nasal Profile_
Concave Straight Convex Total
No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 14 2 625 77 173 21 812
Interior 0 0 123 80 30 20 153
East 1 1 88 73 31 26 120
Coast 4 2 171 82 34 16 209
N.W. 1 1 59 75 19 24 79
Moderate nasion depression characterizes the majority of noses (71 per
cent). Pronounced depression is recorded for 8 per cent, and submedium
occurrence in 21 per cent. Only one individual lacks any depression.
This distribution does not vary much among the provinces.
A well-elevated nasal root is also characteristic; 67 per cent show
moderate elevation and 24 per cent pronounced, whereas 8 per cent are
submedium; one individual is without any elevation. The interior Fijians
have a little higher frequency of low nasal root (10 per cent), whereas
the eastern people, with a 30 per cent incidence, excel in the
pronounced category.
More striking is the breadth of the Fijian nasal root. It is pronounced
in 68 per cent and moderate in the remainder of the series. Pronounced
breadth is commoner among the interior people (75 per cent) and least
preponderant in the east (55 per cent).
The nasal septum is nearly always straight; the only departure from this
condition is a 4 per cent incidence of convexity. Regional differences
are not significant.
Nasal bridge height is commonly medium (79 per cent) in the totality of
noses. Fourteen percent are pronouncedly high and 7 per cent are
submedium. The several provinces do not depart very far from this
distribution.
The Fijian nose shows a strong tendency to broadness of the bridge.
Two-thirds show pronounced breadth of bridge and the remainder are
medium. Pronounced broadness increases in the interior groups (81 per
cent) and shows a marked decline in the east (40 per cent).
Nasal profiles are most often straight (77 per cent), but convex noses
are not uncommon (21 per cent). Convexity is slightly more frequent in
the east (26 percent), whereas in the coastal people its incidence drops
to 16 per cent.
_Nasal-Tip Thickness_
Subm. + ++ +++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 1 0 344 42 461 58 1 0 812
Interior 0 0 55 36 98 64 0 0 153
East 1 1 80 67 39 33 0 0 120
Coast 0 0 94 45 114 55 1 1 209
N.W. 0 0 27 34 52 66 0 0 79
_Nasal-Tip Inclination_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 731 90 57 7 24 3 0 0 812
Interior 147 96 6 4 0 0 0 0 153
East 109 91 6 5 5 4 0 0 120
Coast 186 89 16 8 7 3 0 0 209
N.W. 71 90 6 8 2 3 0 0 79
_Nasal Wings_
Compressed Medium Flaring Total
No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 0 0 198 24 615 76 813
Interior 0 0 25 16 128 84 153
East 0 0 70 58 50 42 120
Coast 0 0 42 20 167 80 209
N.W. 0 0 16 20 63 80 79
The nasal tip is pronounced more often than not, 58 per cent showing
this condition. The remaining 42 per cent have tips of medium thickness.
Thicker tips occur more often in the interior (64 per cent) and in the
northwest (66 per cent), least often in the east (33 per cent).
Usually the nasal tip is not inclined downward. Slight and moderate
inclination has a combined incidence of only 10 per cent.
Flaring nasal wings are a common condition (76 per cent). This incidence
rises to 84 per cent in the interior and drops to 42 per cent in the
east.