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3244-5. f "New Zealander." S. and H.

3246. Australian. Cast of skull ; from Dr. Morton. 1849.

3247. "Owhyhee. Tea-pot; native of the spot where Cap*. Cook was killed." S. and H.

3248-9. * " Tattooed."

3250. Skull of a Sandwich Islander, who hung himself. A large Wormian bone is seen above the right temporal bone. From the dissecting-room. 1856. Dr. R. M. Hodges.

3251. A specimen of the coarse, thick, straight, black hair, that characterizes the South-Sea Islanders. From the above subject. 1856. Dr. R. M. Hodges.

3252. Chilian. Cast of the skull ; from Dr. Morton. 1849. 3253-5. f " South American Indian." S. and H.

3256. f Carib. P. C.

3257. Cast of the head of a Flat-head Indian, from the Colum- . bia River. Taken about three weeks after death, and when

there had not been much cadaveric change.

The subject was a male, twenty-two years of age ; had been sent to Europe by the missionaries for his education ; and died in this city, extensively tuberculous. Meas- urements : from vertex to soles of feet, 5 ft. f in. ; from head of humerus to tip of middle finger, in a straight line, 2 ft. 4f in. ; from upper extremity of great trochanter to sole of heel, in a straight line, 2 ft. 9J in. ; 11 in. across the hips ; and 15 in. across the shoulders ; hand 7 in. long, and foot 9^ in. Hands and feet quite delicate, and nails long and finely formed. The toes overlapped about as much as in Caucasians generally ; but there were no corns. 1860. Museum Fund.

Nos. 54, 236, 503, and 1847, were from the same sub- ject ; and also the next four specimens. 1860.

Museum Fund.

3258. 1. The cranium. Sagittal suture obliterated to a con- siderable extent, though the subject was young ; and this accords with the remark of Dr. J. Thurnam (Nat! History Review, April, 1865), that flattening by artificial pressure tends to premature co-ossification. 1860.

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