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AMONG the numerous tribes of Central Africa the Masai are distinguished by their use of finger-signs to denote numbers. These notorious warriors rarely ever use language to indicate numbers without accompanying signs on the fingers, though very frequently the latter are employed without the former, especially in answering questions.
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THOMSON, J. Sign-Numbers in Use among the Masai. Nature 34, 522 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034522a0
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