William H. Sherman has worked on that symbol in relation to the manicule; see his book Used Books. Don't have it with me though so I don't know what conclusions he comes to. Matt On Wednesday, April 30, 2014, Jacob Gaboury <jacob.gaboury@nyu.edu> wrote:

A friend is looking for the first use in GUIs of the gloved hand (with three lines) as a mouse cursor. I believe the ungloved hand icon is from Susan Kare's work on HyperCard, but when it became the more cartoonish glove design is unclear. Anyone happen to know?

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