Occipitofrontal arch, . . . . . 13.8 inches.
Horizontal periphery, . . . . . . 18.5 inches.
Internal, capacity, . . . . . . . 72.5 cubic inches.
Capacity of the anterior chamber, . . . 26. cubic inches.
. Capacity of the posterior chamber, . ‘ . . 46.5 cubic inches.
C a p a c ity o f th e c o ro n a l re g io n . . . . 14.75 c u b ic in c h e s.
Facial a n g l e , , ................................................ 68 degrees.
This skull belongs to the Philadelphia Museum, and was lent me by Mr. T.
R. Peale. The entire desiccated body was obtained from the borders of the
desert of Atacama, not far from Arica. The remains were those of a woman
who may have reached her thirtieth year. The hair was very long, and had lost
none of its natural black color. With the body was found a small bag, not unlike
a modern reticule, in which were contained some copper fish-hooks and small
instruments of bone which were prqbably used in forming the meshes of their
nets or other fabrics. Among the envelopes were also observed small pieces of an
aromatic gum.
Through {he kindness of Alexander Naysmith, Esq., of London, I possess
casts of the six skulls brought by Mr. Pentland from the vicinity of the lake
Titicaca, and five of them are strikingly like the specimen here figured, both as
respects their general form, their narrow face, their small size, and their several
diameters; yet they present more obvious marks of artificial modification.
PLATE IV.
ANCIENT PERUVIAN.
I have already alluded to this relic as. furnishing an example of the head of
the primitive Peruvians unaltered by a rt; and it may therefore stand as .a type of
ton's vrivnia American a .