We have
established a probable connection between the standard tara
glyph (with a prominent tail) and winter solstice. In Tahua
there are two glyphs of this kind, Ab7-37 and Ab8-69, the first
of which could be located among winter solstice glyphs:
Ab8-69 is located
even further towards the end of side b (at Ab8-84),
having a position 26 glyphs beyond the 'navel' (pito):
Ab8-69 is drawn
identical with Ab7-37, i.e. the meaning
should be identical too.
The 'navel of the island' (te pito
o te henua, 'centre of the world') ought to be on the western coast.
The 29th kuhane station (alluding to the
29th black night of the moon) she named 'Te Pito O Te Kainga
A Hau Maka O Hiva' (possibly indicating that the entire island lay in darkness and
that therefore no further geographical location could be pinpointed).
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