ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA, 9

1. Wyman, 890. Adult male. Calvarium. The cranium is much
flattened and asymmetrical, as appears in the norma occipitalis. Sutures
open; teeth not worn. The sutures are rather complicated, a Wormian
body in the right coronal suture, others in the left asterion. The sagittal
suture from obelion to lambda is depressed, being the deepest line of a
shallow groove. The left mastoid process is absent, two small elevations

Fiq@. 24.—Chinook Male.
(Wyman Collection, 890 ; Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass.)

being the only indication. The condyles are small. The squama occipitalis
is very asymmetrical, the occipital protuberance large but flat. The palate
is high and arched ; short traces of the sutura incisiva are found. The
alveolar arch is almost angular at the canine teeth, turning suddenly
backward. The right wisdom tooth is not developed. Fossa glenoidalis
shallow ; styloid processes large and heavy. Right ear round, left ear

Fi@. 25.—Chinook Male. (Wyman Collection, 890.)

narrow, oval. Pars basilaris high. On the right side a complete

processus frontalis of the temporal bone is found, and in addition to it an

epipteric bone; on the left an incomplete processus frontalis and a larger

epipteric bone are found. Part of the tissues of the face are preserved ;

upper portion of the face is coloured green by copper. The cross-section
7 HO

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