Total sample 815 55-83 66.6 4.5 6.8 Interior 154 53-83 66.0 4.8 7.3 East 120 55-80 67.2 5.0 7.4 Coast 210 55-77 66.7 4.9 7.3 N.W. 79 57-75 66.5 3.7 5.6 Tonga (Sullivan) 117 56-81 66.0 4.6 6.9
Fijian ears on the whole tend to be long, as the average 66.6 mm. indicates. Regional differences are slight. Tongans closely resemble Fijians.
Total sample 815 24-55 34.3 3.2 9.3 Interior 154 27-41 33.7 2.5 7.4 East 120 29-40 34.1 4.0 11.7 Coast 210 29-55 34.7 3.9 11.2 N.W. 79 25-42 33.8 2.9 8.6 Tonga (Sullivan) 116 25-42 34.5 2.6 7.6
Ear breadth is also generous, and regional differences hardly exceed 1.5 mm., including the Tongans.
Total sample 815 38-62 51.6 5.0 9.7 Interior 154 40-61 51.1 3.6 7.0 East 120 41-59 50.6 5.8 11.5 Coast 210 42-62 52.1 6.7 12.9 N.W. 79 38-59 50.9 4.0 7.9 Tonga (Sullivan) 116 41-62 52.4 3.9 7.5
Length-breadth ear ratios indicate that coastal groups have somewhat broader, and the northwestern people the relative longest, ears.
Total sample 815 24-72 39.8 11.7 19.4 Interior 154 37-49 39.9 10.7 16.8 East 120 36-68 41.8 7.4 7.7 Coast 210 24-72 39.0 13.4 14.3 N.W. 79 38-49 38.6 14.0 16.3
Bicanine breadth is characteristically great among Fijians, reflecting the ample jaws and teeth. Widest diameters are seen in the east, followed by the hill people of the interior. The northwestern groups have the least bicanine diameter.
Brunet Swarthy Lt. Brn Med. Brn Dk. Brn Black Total
Total sample 1 .01 5 .6 30 4 400 48 377 46 0 0 813 Interior 0 0 0 0 1 1 55 36 97 63 0 0 153 East 0 0 3 2 12 10 99 83 6 6 0 0 120 Coast 0 0 1 0 7 3 85 41 116 56 0 0 209 N.W. 0 0 0 0 1 1 42 53 36 46 0 0 79 Fiji II 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 96 5 4 0 0 133 Solomons 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 79 93 2 3 85 Tonga (Range from Lt. Brown to Dk. Brown.)
Color of skin includes exposed and unexposed areas. The former was observed on the face, since the Fijians do not use any kind of face or head covering. This condition in the total series divides itself quite evenly between medium brown and dark brown. A few have light-brown skin; only six individuals are classified as swarthy and brunet. None was judged to be completely black. The Fijians of Howells' series are described as 96 per cent medium brown[15] and 5 per cent dark brown, a discrepancy I would attribute to personal judgment difference. The Solomon Islanders are markedly darker than the Fijians, the majority have dark-brown skin and 3 per cent are black, whereas 5 per cent have medium-brown complexions.