SIBILLERAN COUNTING
| The illustrations below demonstrate the way the Sibiller tribesmen from New Guinea counted. They would use the right index finger to point to the left-hand fingers to count from one to five, then the left wrist, forearm, elbow, biceps, collar-bone, shoulder, ear and eye for six to thirteen. The nose is fourteen. Then pointing with the left index finger, they would go down the right side from eye to little finger for fifteen to twenty seven. |
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This page was prepared by Robert Tanner, March,
1999. Thanks to his daughter Laura who posed for the illustrations.
All material is copyrighted by the author.