These Eskimo are generally of submedium stature, occasionally reaching
medium. The distal parts of their extremities are relatively short.
Walk in adult males somewhat awkward.
In head form they are highly mesocephalic to moderately brachycephalic;
the height of the head averages about medium. The head is of good size,
especially when taken in relation to stature. The forehead is above
medium in both height and breadth.
The face is large in all dimensions, generally full and rather flat.
In men it not seldom approaches a square form. The lower jaw region is
largely developed, the angles of the lower jaw are broad to protruding.
The nose is of fair breadth, with bridge somewhat narrow above and on
the whole only moderately high. The mouth is large, lips medium to
somewhat above. The ears are long. Beard spare on sides of face, mostly
sparse on chin; mustache sparse and often limited to tufts above the
corners of the mouth. Expression generally good-natured, smiling.
The chest is large, in females broad, in males especially deep. There
is but a mild lumbar curve and no steatopygy. The lower limbs in
females are less stout and shapely than they are in whites. The hands
and feet are small, but, particularly the foot, relatively broad.
Temperature and respiration approach those in normal whites, though
they appear frequently to be slightly higher; pulse normally is slow.
Dynamometric tests of strength (pressure, both hands) give somewhat
lower records than in whites.