The skeletal parts of the western Eskimo, outside of the skull, are but
little known. The only records are those on two skeletons (one male,
one female) from Point Barrow by Hawkes,[188] and those on a few bones
from Port Clarence by Cameron.[189] The data on the skeletal parts of
the northern and eastern Eskimo are only slightly richer, being for the
most part fragmentary and scattered.[190] Nor has the time arrived yet
for a comprehensive study of such material, for notwithstanding the
relative abundance in crania and the more resistant individual skeletal
parts, the securing of anywhere near complete skeletons is very
difficult. Nevertheless there is now a good number of the long bones
of the western Eskimo in the possession of the National Museum and
the main data on these, all secured personally by the writer, will be
given. They must for the present remain essentially as so many figures
without adequate discussion and comparisons. Nevertheless a few facts
appear so plainly that they may well be pointed out before concluding
this section.