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On side b of Tahua - at a position exactly corresponding to that of the glyph on side a which shows what can be imagined as the spring sun fish being devoured at midsummer - an interesting variant of the mea ke sign appears:

Ab6-66 Ab6-67 Ab6-68 Ab6-69 Ab6-70
Ab6-71 Ab6-72 Ab6-73 Ab6-74 Ab6-75

The person in Ab6-66 keeps his loaded fist high and it becomes the top rhomb in the vertical triplet, a kind of glyph play which probably is like a mirror of what we can see in Aa6-66:

Ab6-66 Ab6-67
Aa6-66 Aa6-67

In Aa6-66 the vomiting person empties his stomach, whereas in Ab6-66 the measure has been refilled. We can draw the conclusion that the left part of Ab6-67 is going away, a type of glyph which is predominantly found on side b.