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My inspiration for the distribution of the number of days in the Easter Island calendar originated from the Mayan calendar:

 

5 Tzek 6 Xul 7 Yaxkin 8 Mol
9 Ch'en 10 Yax 11 Sac 12 Ceh
200
13 Mac 14 Kankin 15 Moan
16 Pax 17 Kayab 18 Cumhu 19 Vayeb
1 Pop 2 Uo 3 Zip 4 Zotz

Each month had a glyph of its own. There were 18 months with 20 days in each, together spanning 360 days. The 19th and last of the months was special in having only 5 days.

After studying glyphs, names and other aspects (ref. mainly Gates and Kelley) I arranged the months into the pattern above, with 10 redmarked months for 'summer', and with 'winter' being divided in two equal parts by the 19th exceptional 5-day month.

200 + 80 + 5 + 80 = 365.