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BODY COUNTI NG SYSTE~1SBODY COUNTING SYSTEMS OF NUMERATION ARE USED BY A LARGE NUMBEROF PAPUAN AND NEW GUINEAN GROUPS, EACH NUMBER IS INDICATED BY THECOUNTER POINTING TO J TOUCHINGJOR CALLING THE NAME OF A BODY PART,MOST SEEM TO HAVE AN ODD NUMBER AS THEIR BASE WITH THE SAME BODYPARTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE NOSE OR FOREHEAD BEING INDICATED (INREVERSE ORDER) ON THE WAY UP AND THE WAY DOWN.TIlE EAST AND WEST KEWA SYSTEM WHICH USES BASE q7 IS GIVEN BELOW:1 little finger 472 ring finger 463 middle finger 454 index finger 445 thumb 436 heel of thumb 427 palm 418 wrist 409 forearm 3910 large arm bone 38{6a16 shoulder bone 32~' .....:2~O.: