Answer:
The Answer you seek my fellow student is none other than FRANZ BOAS HIMSELF! yes the one the only FRANZ BOAS i know right? you can't believe it's too amazing to be true BUT IT IS!
<span>It was a manner of symbolic punishment. Since the hand was the offending part that led to the crime, it was felt that it was appropriate to remove this as a way of deterring the person from doing the same thing in the future.</span>
This man comes from england