I think it is important to see it in its context, as an icon for “the finger of contempt” rather than the typical use of a manicule as a bullet point in an inde

I think it is important to see it in its context, as an icon for “the finger of contempt” rather than the typical use of a manicule as a bullet point in an index or to connect some annotation with some text. That seems somewhat similar to the use of emoji today.