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  • 1.1Handshape.1.1.1
    • 1.1.2Handshape.1.1.2
    • 1.1.3Handshape.1.1.3
  • 1.2Handshape.1.2.1
    • 1.2.2Handshape.1.2.2
  • 1.3Handshape.1.3.1
    • 1.3.2Handshape.1.3.2
  • 1.4Handshape.1.4.1
  • 2.1Handshape.2.1.1
    • 2.1.2Handshape.2.1.2
  • 2.2Handshape.2.2.1
    • 2.2.2Handshape.2.2.2
  • 2.3Handshape.2.3.1
    • 2.3.2Handshape.2.3.2
    • 2.3.3Handshape.2.3.3
  • 8.1Handshape.8.1.1
    • 8.1.2Handshape.8.1.2
    • 8.1.3Handshape.8.1.3
  • 3.1Handshape.3.1.1
  • 3.2Handshape.3.2.1
  • 3.3Handshape.3.3.1
  • 3.4Handshape.3.4.1
    • 3.4.2Handshape.3.4.2
  • 3.5Handshape.3.5.1
    • 3.5.2Handshape.3.5.2
  • 4.1Handshape.4.1.1
    • 4.1.2Handshape.4.1.2
  • 4.2Handshape.4.2.1
    • 4.2.2Handshape.4.2.2
  • 4.3Handshape.4.3.1
    • 4.3.2Handshape.4.3.2
  • 5.1Handshape.5.1.1
    • 5.1.2Handshape.5.1.2
  • 5.2Handshape.5.2.1
  • 5.3Handshape.5.3.1
    • 5.3.2Handshape.5.3.2
  • 5.4Handshape.5.4.1
  • 6.1Handshape.6.1.1
    • 6.1.2Handshape.6.1.2
    • 6.1.3Handshape.6.1.3
    • 6.1.4Handshape.6.1.4
  • 6.2Handshape.6.2.1
    • 6.2.2Handshape.6.2.2
    • 6.2.3Handshape.6.2.3
    • 6.2.4Handshape.6.2.4
  • 6.3Handshape.6.3.1
    • 6.3.2Handshape.6.3.2
  • 6.4Handshape.6.4.1
    • 6.4.2Handshape.6.4.2
  • 6.5Handshape.6.5.1
    • 6.5.2Handshape.6.5.2
  • 6.6Handshape.6.6.1
    • 6.6.2Handshape.6.6.2
  • 7.1Handshape.7.1.1
    • 7.1.2Handshape.7.1.2
    • 7.1.3Handshape.7.1.3
    • 7.1.4Handshape.7.1.4
  • 7.2Handshape.7.2.1
  • 7.3Handshape.7.3.1
    • 7.3.2Handshape.7.3.2
    • 7.3.3Handshape.7.3.3
  • 7.4Handshape.7.4.1
    • 7.4.2Handshape.7.4.2
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  • 1Location.1.1.in front of body
    In front of body
  • 2Location.2.2.in front of face
    In front of face
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    Head
  • 4Location.3.4.top of head
    Top of Head
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    Eyes
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    Nose
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    Ear
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    Cheek
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    Lower Head
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    Body
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    Neck/Throat
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    Shoulders
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    Chest
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    Abdomen
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    Hips/Pelvis/Groin
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    Upper Leg
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    Arm
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    Upper Arm
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    Elbow
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    Lower Arm
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    Hand
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    Fingers/Thumb
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    Palm of Hand
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    Back of Hand
  • 23Location.6.23.blades of hand
    Blades of Hand
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