Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 16, 2024
Search: NEGRO
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL | |
| 547 | Higgins (1923) | NEGRO | NEGRO | NEGRO: Tip of right vertical index pressing tip of nose, to indicate soft flat nose of race. (Sometimes middle tip of open hand instead of index tip is used.) | 97 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=547&refid=higgins1923 | |
| 955 | Long (1918) | NEGRO | NEGRO | NEGRO: Place the fingers of the "N" hand upon the end of the nose, and rock it from side to side with a twisting motion. XX,372. | 105 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=955&refid=long1918 | |
| 14 | Michaels (1923) | BLACK~NEGRO~gs:SKIN | AFRICA | AFRICA: 1. Draw the index finger along your eye brow: black. 2. Press your middle finger against the nose: negro. 3. Close the fingers of the right hand with the thumb on the index finger. 4. Move the right hand in a circle over the back of the left hand. | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=14&refid=michaels1923 | |
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