. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... ays beshown as they appear to an ob-server facing the gesturer, thefront outline, Fig. 340, or side,Fig. 341, or both, being used asmost convenient. The special po-sitions of hands and fingers will bedesignated by reference to theTypes of Hand Positions. Forbrevity in the written description,hand may be used for righthand, when that one alone is em-ployed in any particular more convenient to use theprofile figure in which the rightarm is exhibited for a gesture ac-tually made by the left
. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... ays beshown as they appear to an ob-server facing the gesturer, thefront outline, Fig. 340, or side,Fig. 341, or both, being used asmost convenient. The special po-sitions of hands and fingers will bedesignated by reference to theTypes of Hand Positions. Forbrevity in the written description,hand may be used for righthand, when that one alone is em-ployed in any particular more convenient to use theprofile figure in which the rightarm is exhibited for a gesture ac-tually made by the left hand andarm it can be done, the fact, how-ever, being noted. In cases where the conception or origin of any sign is ascertained orsuggested it should be annexed to the description, and when obtainedfrom the gesturer will be so stated affirmatively, otherwise it will be con-sidered to be presented bjr the observer. The graphic illustration ofassociated facial expression or bodily posture which may accentuate orqualify a gesture is necessarily left to the ingenuity of the A E. Fig. 340. 546 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN OF ARRANGEMENT. The following order of arrangement for written descriptions is sug-gested. The use of a separate sheet or part sheet of paper for eachsign described and illustrated would be convenient in the collation. Itshould always be afninatively stated whether the conception or orginof the sign was procured from the sign-maker, or is suggested or inferredby the observer. Word or idea expressed by iSiiju: DESCRIPTION : CONCEPTION OR ORIGIN: Tribe: Locality: Bate: 188 Observer. MALLERY.) SUGGESTED AKKANGEMENT HAND POSITIONS. 547 TYPES OF HAND POSITIONS IN SIGN LANGUAGE.
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