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APPENDIX
C. Bgrapit : a female ; skin tint closely corresponding to No. 2 (Anth. Notes
and Queries). Eyes dark brown ; hair black and closely curled, with
frizzled "jambul." Teeth blackened: six are slightly filed. Subject
does not know any Malay words.
The foregoing notes afford no means of distinguishing these Pangans of
Jarum from the Pangans of Kelantan already described {J. A. I. loc. cit.) to whom
they are closely allied in respect of skin colour, eye colour, colour and characters
of the hair, and in the custom of filing the front teeth. The skin colour only is
very slightly different, approaching No. 2 in place of No. 3 of the types. Nor
do the measurements (which are appended) justify any distinction, as they in no
case remove any individual of the three to any considerable distance from the
range known to obtain among the other Pangans, and in many instances they
fall within the range of variation in the several characters.
To complete this account a few notes on the measurements are now given.
Averages have not been computed for the Jarum Pangans, as in view of the very
small number {3) it is quite possible to treat of each individual separately. The
most striking feature is the very simian nature of the proportions of the upper
limb in the man Pa'-Gelugor.
A. With regard to the measurements of Pa'-Gelugor, the stature (No. i ) is small
and results from an accident (cp. descriptive notes) ; the following five
measurements are all small and indicate great length of the arms, which is
fully brought out by the relatively high figure which represents the span.
Nos. 6, 7, and 8 (the dimensions of the lower limb) are not far removed
from the average for Pangans (seey. A. I. loc. cit. : average for men), but No.
9 is very small and is modified in association with the stature. Similarly
the sitting height is small (No. 10). The breadth index (74.4) shows a
value which is low for Pangans, but is exceeded in this respect by one of
the Kelantan men (Pandak 73'8). The nasal index (i 12. i) is very large,
but is approached by the Kelantan Pandak with 107. i. Finally the
radio-humeral index has a large value, indicating that the upper limb has
very simian characters, but here again the figure, 88.6, is approached by
the same Kelantan Pandak with an index of 84.4.
B. Kechong : the stature is distinctly above the average, but the proportions of
the upper limb as deduced from measurements 2-5 inclusive are well
within the range of variation for Kelantan women (Pangans). Further,
while the heights at hip and knee are greater, that at the ankle is within the
range again. The next four dimensions are all greater than the Kelantan
average, but not very strikingly so, and the breadth index is not without
the limits of variation referred to. The proportions expressed by the
radio-humeral index are within the same range. Lastly, the nasal
index must be referred to. This yields a very small figure, which points to
a very narrow or proportionately long nose. On the whole, this feature,
taken with the number of instances in which the measurements prove
greater than the average, suggest that some admixture with another
stock, most probably Malay, has produced the observed differences.
At the same time it must be remembered that in other external
features and in
woman.
the cephalic index there is nothing remarkable about this
C. Berapit : in this instance we again find the occurrence of several dimensions
greater than those of the four Kelantan women previously described ; but
the increase is in most cases very small. On the other hand, the head
proportions (Bi : 81. 6) are well within the range of variation, though
the bi-malar breadth is below the average. The nose is shown by the
nasal index (112. l) to be distinctly broader than the average of the four