Part 9 (2/2)
Fiji I 0 0 1 0 258 32 554 68 813 Interior 0 0 0 0 38 25 115 75 153 East 0 0 1 1 53 44 66 55 120 Coast 0 0 0 0 67 32 142 68 209 N.W. 0 0 0 0 24 30 55 70 79
_Nasal Septum_
Straight Concave Convex Total No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 777 99 0 0 36 4 813 Interior 153 100 0 0 0 0 153 East 118 98 0 0 2 2 120 Coast 196 94 0 0 13 6 199 N.W. 78 99 0 0 1 1 79
_Bridge Height_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 0 0 54 7 644 79 115 14 813 Interior 0 0 13 8 124 81 16 10 153 East 0 0 1 1 98 82 21 18 120 Coast 0 0 10 5 173 83 26 12 209 N.W. 0 0 7 9 60 76 12 15 79 Tonga 0 0 21 22 81 70 9 8 111
_Bridge Breadth_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 0 0 0 0 265 33 546 67 813 Interior 0 0 0 0 29 19 124 81 153 East 0 0 0 0 72 60 48 40 120 Coast 0 0 0 0 62 30 147 70 209 N.W. 0 0 0 0 23 29 56 71 79
_Nasal Profile_
Concave Straight Convex Total No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 14 2 625 77 173 21 812 Interior 0 0 123 80 30 20 153 East 1 1 88 73 31 26 120 Coast 4 2 171 82 34 16 209 N.W. 1 1 59 75 19 24 79
Moderate nasion depression characterizes the majority of noses (71 per cent). p.r.o.nounced depression is recorded for 8 per cent, and submedium occurrence in 21 per cent. Only one individual lacks any depression.
This distribution does not vary much among the provinces.
A well-elevated nasal root is also characteristic; 67 per cent show moderate elevation and 24 per cent p.r.o.nounced, whereas 8 per cent are submedium; one individual is without any elevation. The interior Fijians have a little higher frequency of low nasal root (10 per cent), whereas the eastern people, with a 30 per cent incidence, excel in the p.r.o.nounced category.
More striking is the breadth of the Fijian nasal root. It is p.r.o.nounced in 68 per cent and moderate in the remainder of the series. p.r.o.nounced breadth is commoner among the interior people (75 per cent) and least preponderant in the east (55 per cent).
The nasal septum is nearly always straight; the only departure from this condition is a 4 per cent incidence of convexity. Regional differences are not significant.
Nasal bridge height is commonly medium (79 per cent) in the totality of noses. Fourteen percent are p.r.o.nouncedly high and 7 per cent are submedium. The several provinces do not depart very far from this distribution.
The Fijian nose shows a strong tendency to broadness of the bridge.
Two-thirds show p.r.o.nounced breadth of bridge and the remainder are medium. p.r.o.nounced broadness increases in the interior groups (81 per cent) and shows a marked decline in the east (40 per cent).
Nasal profiles are most often straight (77 per cent), but convex noses are not uncommon (21 per cent). Convexity is slightly more frequent in the east (26 percent), whereas in the coastal people its incidence drops to 16 per cent.
_Nasal-Tip Thickness_
Subm. + ++ +++ Total No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 1 0 344 42 461 58 1 0 812 Interior 0 0 55 36 98 64 0 0 153 East 1 1 80 67 39 33 0 0 120 Coast 0 0 94 45 114 55 1 1 209 N.W. 0 0 27 34 52 66 0 0 79
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