A page from a manual on "Indian Sign Talk" with three diagrams illustrating hand gestures and their corresponding meanings.
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The image is a page from a manual on "Indian Sign Talk". It features three diagrams illustrating hand gestures and their corresponding meanings. **E. 8:** The diagram shows two hands with index fingers extended and touching side-by-side. The text explains this gesture means "EQUAL-ITY", "THE SAME AS", "LIKE", and "ALIKE". The description states to lay both index fingers side by side, others closed, then move both forward together. **E. 9:** This diagram depicts two hands with closed fists facing each other. The text defines this as "ESCAPE", and describes it as laying the wrists across each other with closed fists, palms facing the body, then jerk them apart suddenly as if breaking them loose. **E. 10:** The diagram shows one hand open with the palm up, and the other hand's palm rubbing across the wrist of the open hand. The text explains this gesture means "EXTERMINATED", "RUB OUT", "ALL GONE", "NONE LEFT", "WIPED OUT", and "EXHAUSTED". The description states to open left hand palm up, then lay the palm of the right hand near the wrist, then rub right across the palm of the left and a little beyond ends of fingers. The page has a vintage, slightly aged appearance, with a simple layout and black text on a cream-colored background. The diagrams are line drawings, and the text is neatly arranged in columns. The bottom right corner of the page has the number "c3".


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