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Unless you can find actual figurine or statues, I call BS on chopped fingers. I'd first look at: Are they pointing up, or in a particular direction? What is

Unless you can find actual figurine or statues, I call BS on chopped fingers. I'd first look at: Are they pointing up, or in a particular direction? What is the most number of full fingers in pictures versus the number of pictures that have missing fingers. Whats the least number of intact fingers, and whats the mean/avg etc What do characters with matching # of fingers have in common in their depictions the symbol could denote identity, rank or some other factor of acknowledgment/signage. EDIT @Defrost, I wasnt trying to sound so harsh - all I was saying is that a stencil and a painting could just mean they are specifically curling their fingers in order to stencil a pointing hand with 1 or two fingers? So, maybe its a symbol other than "Here is a picture of Grock - He Bad. We Cut Fingers For God. We shame him with this stencil of his disfigured hand. You no talk Grock."

defrost 3y ago
> Unless you can find actual figurine or statues... Say what now? Figurines | statues are crafted, they could easily be fashioned to have two heads or seven fingers. They say much about what the artist might imagine, not so much about what is real. The evidence drawn upon here is from handprints and stencils .. hands pressed in paint and then against a wall, or a hand placed against a wall with pigment blown across the hand to create an outline. In parts of the world (Northern Australia for example) this has been a continuous practice for tens of thousands of years until the present day. The examples they have show partial fingers. The mystery is whether these are lost to accidents, biting animals, etc. or parts chopped off as punishement or parts sacrificed to give thanks or request a favour from some higher power.