First we should look again at the glyphs close to Kb4-17:
In Kb4-19 the ghost of the person who has lost his head indicates with his clenched fist that all his fingers are intact and ready to be used for releasing future 'fire' (cfr the nails of Mahuika). From the fist (nut) another (ké) season takes its nourishment, and the connection between them is illustrated by a sun type of path reaching a maximum halfway in between. The 3 limbs at right (future) in ika hiku (Kb4-16) now are easy to understand - they refer to the new 'day' which comes beyond winter solstice. In Kb4-18 the 'sun sails' are at left - the new year has not yet arrived. There are 2 'sails', which evidently refers to the 2nd half of the year. In Kb1-13 these 2 'sails' are oriented the other way - looking towards the future, and in Kb1-9 a '3-sail' version is looking backwards in time:
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