The Alaskan Eskimo are a taller and more symmetrical people than
their brethren of the central and eastern districts. They lack
that appearance of stoutness and squatness inherent in the eastern
stock, and for proportion and development of the various parts of
the body they do not compare unfavorably with Indians and whites.
It is not unusual to find in an Alaskan Eskimo village several
men who are 6 feet tall, with magnificent shoulders and arms and
bodily strength in proportion. The usual height, however, is about
168 centimeters for men, which is some 10 centimeters above the
height of the eastern Eskimo. * * * The average for women among the
western Eskimo is 158 centimeters, which approximates the height
of the men in the Hudson Bay region, 158 centimeters (Boas). The
female type in Alaska is taller and slimmer than in the east, and
the width of the face is considerably less. Eskimo women of large
stature are often seen in the northern section of Alaska. The
individual variation here is more conspicuous than in Labrador or
Hudson Bay.