Profil Fingerprinting (Sidik Jari) pada Populasi Suku Ububewi Di Wanukaka Sumba Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia

Abstract

Fingerprints have unique and permanent properties as differentiators from one individual to another, even in identical twins the fingerprints are not the same, besides that fingerprints can be used as a search tool. This study aims to analyze fingerprint patterns in the population of the Ububewi tribe. This research is a qualitative descriptive study with a population of 70 students from the Ububewi tribe, West Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara. Data collection techniques were carried out by interviewing, filling out questionnaires, and printing fingerprints on reading sheets. The results of the fingerprint pattern were analyzed using the guidelines in the finger classification system. Based on the research, it shows that the characteristic of the fingerprint pattern of the Ububewi tribe is having a dominant ulnar loop (UL) pattern on the middle finger (M) of the right hand by 64.28% (45 fingers) and the little finger (L) of the right and left hands of 72. 86% (51 fingers) and 70% (49 fingers).