Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - An Investigation on the Finger Patterns of the Jogis of Kamrup District, Assam
AU  - Sengupta S
AU  - Das BM
Y1  - 1987
VL  - 25
IS  - 3
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 273
EP  - 275
KW  - Dermatoglyphs
KW  - Finger pattern
KW  - Jogi
KW  - Caste
KW  - Tribe
KW  - Assam
KW  - India
N2  - 
N2  - The present paper deals with the finger print analysis of the Jogis, an endogamous caste of Assam. Analysis of the data reveals that the average Jogi (both male and female) possess more loops than whorls. The mean values of Dankmeijer's index, Furuhata's index and index of pattern intensity are higher in females than in males. Sex difference in percentage frequencies of finger pattern is statistically non-significant. The present data have also been compared with the available materials from north east India. It is found that the Jogi population differs significantly from all the tribal (Mongoloid) populations of north east India.
ER  -