The idea of the simple henua glyph type illustrating a wooden staff has been in a way confirmed by the 10 such glyphs on side a of G. Presumably they there indicate the successively higher positions of spring sun.

Another function of simple henua glyphs (as understood from the text of G) was to define positions in the counting of days. The 'staffs' were used for marking measures of time.

As to the kiore - henua combination: It would be strange if henua here meant anything else than a wooden pole, especially if imagined to be literally henua (earth) - in which case the glyph type must be imagined turned 90º around to the right:

Instead, the staff must remain vertical. The ancient Egyptian image of the night sky goddes (Nu-t) with fingertops and toes on the ground cannot be applied to the day time sky:

If the concept is to be used for visualizing the strong male spring sky, the Egyptian picture needs to be turned around. And the head of the god (not goddess) must be held high instead of bowed down as if in submission.

Still, there are two alternatives: Either the person is to be seen as climbing up the 'staff' or as sitting down on the ground holding it. The last mentioned alternative is probably what is intended: henua - kiore is a combination of the kai and henua glyph types. Metoro might have meant the person sitting down holding the 'staff' is mother earth, in which case the 'staff' would represent the sun, nicknamed kiore.

A quest for the location of Haga Hônu in the text of Small Santiago (G).