The Tongan average is much higher than any of the Fijian values, whereas the Solomon Islanders show similarity to the Fijians in this feature.
Total sample 815 56-84 70.2 5.1 7.3 Interior 154 59-79 69.1 3.9 5.6 East 120 64-83 71.7 4.0 5.6 Coast 210 59-84 70.4 6.6 9.4 N.W. 79 58-80 69.4 4.8 6.9
The ratio of the upper face height to maximum facial breadth shows the Fijians of the interior to be relatively shorter faced and the eastern people longest. The coastal and northwestern series are intermediate.
Total sample 815 37-65 48.2 3.7 7.7 Interior 154 41-65 47.4 3.3 7.0 East 120 42-59 48.9 2.9 5.9 Coast 210 40-59 48.5 4.8 9.9 N.W. 79 39-56 47.8 3.5 7.3
The ratio of the upper face height to maximum facial breadth shows the Fijians of the interior to be relatively shorter faced and the eastern people longest. The coastal and northwestern series are intermediate.
Total sample 815 95-146 109.7 5.1 4.6 Interior 154 95-146 109.8 6.0 3.6 East 120 97-125 110.6 5.1 4.6 Coast 210 95-129 109.9 5.3 4.8 N.W. 79 99-119 109.1 4.5 4.1 Tonga (Sullivan) 116 92-119 104.8 5.8 5.5
Lower jaw breadth as expressed by the bigonial diameter indicates a tendency to broadness shared with little variation among all the subgroups. The Tongan value is considerably smaller.
Total sample 815 80-122 99.9 5.5 5.5 Interior 154 84-122 100.0 6.0 6.0 East 120 86-115 99.9 5.3 5.3 Coast 210 80-114 100.3 6.0 6.0 N.W. 79 85-113 99.8 4.8 4.8
Similarly the bigonial diameter in relation to forehead breadth is much the same in all groups, the general average nearly 100 per cent.
Total sample 815 65-86 75.3 4.1 5.4 Interior 154 67-86 75.4 6.0 8.0 East 120 65-82 75.4 3.5 4.6 Coast 210 66-83 75.7 3.4 4.5 N.W. 79 68-83 75.2 3.4 4.5 Tonga (Sullivan) 116 63-87 73.2 4.6 6.2
Relative to face breadth, jaw width is 75.3 per cent with very little geographic variation.
Total sample 815 42-65 53.9 3.4 6.3 Interior 154 45-65 53.2 3.5 6.6 East 120 48-62 54.7 3.1 5.7 Coast 210 46-63 54.1 3.4 6.3 N.W. 79 45-61 52.9 3.5 6.6 Fiji (Howells) 133 44-63 52.4 3.9 7.4 Solomons (Howells) 85 40-59 49.9 3.8 7.7 Tonga (Sullivan) 117 47-65 57.4 3.9 6.8
The Fijian nose may be called medium long. Greatest nasal heights occur in the eastern and in the coastal series. The interior and northwestern groups have shorter noses. The Fijians of Howells' series fall near the short end of my averages. Natives of the Solomons are definitely lower in nasal height, whereas the Tongan's average is so much higher that one suspects a difference in the location of the nasion.