"But the dark symbols and their location above the number count must be relevant to the operator...any ideas?"
-- I've never read up on this topic before... so please excuse my ignorance.

28,27,26... look like fingers.
25,24,23 ... looks like palm (4db),hand 5db), fist(6db),.
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not sure what the deal is in Part A... division at 10 and 13
Although... All of Part B is 13 digits. Alternatively, left to right, this would be 15 and 18, but that makes no sense.

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“string” addition
you're right... however, if you're looking for 5... why not just measure the 5... why perform string addition.

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The bottom lines in part A don't seem to correspond with your numbers unless they are "fractions of fingers"... the number 2 has only 1 line. 1/2 a finger. Why else make 16 lines... unless somebody had to count 7/16...



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/13/2007 09:28AM by rich.