[Jane R]

The hand is an old surfing logo as well.

Cheers,
Jane

>From: "Derek K. Miller" <dkmiller@pobox.com>
>Reply-To: "Derek K. Miller" <dkmiller@pobox.com>
>To: "Powerworks" <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
>Subject: [Powderworks] Re: Big Hand for the Oils?
>Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 15:42:50 -0700
>
><fish_oil@space.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there any intended significance to the MO hand Logo?
> >
> >      I was tossing a football around at recess today,
> > and noticed the hand imprint encircled with the words
> > "NO CHILD LABOR" stamped on the composite leather skin.
> > Of course, we immediately thought of the Oils - could
> > there be a connection? I always thought it was taken
> > from the photo of Peter with arm extended on the first
> > album, and imagined some kind of connection to
> > Aboriginal art. Aside from these guesses, I'm in the
> > dark. Pray do enlighten. Thanks.
>
>Back in 1993 during an "intimate and interactive" (acoustic) show in
>Canada's MuchMusic, someone in the audience asked whether the hand logo had
>any relationship to aboriginal rock art -- or, presumably, anything else.
>
>Peter Garrett's reply was, essentially, "No, it's just my hand."
>
>So I'd assume the child labour thing is a coincidence, though I doubt any 
>of
>the Oils would have a problem with it.
>
>--
>Derek K. Miller - dkmiller@pobox.com
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