Fig. 1175.—Human heads.
Schoolcraft (u) gives the right-hand character of the same figure as a man’s head, with ears open to conviction, as made by the Ojibwa.
Both of these may be compared with the exaggerated ears in Fig. [1167].
HAND.
The impression, real or represented, of a human hand is used in several regions in the world with symbolic significance.
Among the North American Indians the mark so readily applied is of frequent occurrence, with an ascertained significance, which, however, differs in several tribes.
Fig. 1176, taken from Copway (b), represents the hand, and also expresses “did so.” This signification of “do,” or action, and hence “power,” is also given to the same character in the Egyptian and Chinese ideograms.
Fig. 1176.—Hand. Ojibwa.