. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... s position ashort distance upward. ( Wyandot I.) Arrangement of logs and ele-vation. Both hands are held edgewise before the body, palms facing, spreadthe fingers, and place those of one hand into the spaces between those of the other, so that the tips ofeach protrude about an inchbeyond. (Eidatsa I; KaiowaI; Arikara I; Comanche III;Apache II; Wichita II.) Thearrangement of logs in a frontierhouse. Fig. 253. In connec-tion with this sign compare thepictograph, Fig. 204, page 379,supra. In ordinary co
. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... s position ashort distance upward. ( Wyandot I.) Arrangement of logs and ele-vation. Both hands are held edgewise before the body, palms facing, spreadthe fingers, and place those of one hand into the spaces between those of the other, so that the tips ofeach protrude about an inchbeyond. (Eidatsa I; KaiowaI; Arikara I; Comanche III;Apache II; Wichita II.) Thearrangement of logs in a frontierhouse. Fig. 253. In connec-tion with this sign compare thepictograph, Fig. 204, page 379,supra. In ordinary conversa-tion the sign for ichite manshouse is often dropped, using in-stead the generic term employedfor lodge, and this in turn isoften abbreviated, as by theKaiowas, Comanches, Wiehitas,and others, by merely placingthe tips of the extended fore-fingers together, leaving the other fingers and thumbs closed, with thewrists about three or four inches apart. Both hands held pointing forward, edges down, fingers extended andslightly separated, then place the fingers of one hand into the spaces. Fig. 253. maixbrt.] LODGE TIPI WIGWAM. 429 between the Augers of the other, allowing the tips of the fingers of eitherhand to protrude as far as the first joint, or near it. (Shoshoni andBanalc I.) From the appearance of a corner of a log house—protrudingand alternate layers of logs. Fingers of both hands interlaced at right angles several times ; thenthe sign for Lodge. (Kutchin I.) Deaf-mute natural signs : Draw the outlines of a house in the air with hands tip to tip at a rightangle. (Ballard.) Put the open hands together toward the face, forming a right anglewith the arms. (Larson.) , Stone; Fort. Strike the back of the right fist against the palm of the left hand, theleft palm backward, the fist upright (uidea of resistance or strength);then with both hands opened, relaxed, horizontal, and palms backward,place the ends of the right fingers behind and against the ends of theleft; then
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