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A note on sign-, gesture-, code-, and secret-language, etc. amongst the Persians
Journal and proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, n.s. • 3 (9) • Published In 1908 • Pages: 619-622
By: Phillott, D. C. (Douglas Craven).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents examples of signs, signals, and gestures, secret or otherwise, used by the Persians in their daily life. The Persian word and its English equivalent are given, followed by a description of the gesture or pantomime used to signify the word. There are also examples of the lexical constructions used in these special languages and several dramatic accounts from Persian literature of the use of special symbols and signs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gestures and signs
- Transmission of messages
- Writing
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iran
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Beverly Calsoyas ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1906
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- D. C. Phillott
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians