Three identical nuku glyphs follow not far thereafter:
The maro strings hanging down probably indicate the end of the 'nuku season'. The sign of 3 empty hands are repeated by a sign of 3 nuku glyphs with maro strings in front.
The smoothly rounded arms and henua signs indicate another season than the one which will follow (spring). The arms depicted are left arms, female arms. In all there are 8 maro strings with 4 'fire feathers' each. But hanau in Qa3-23 has another sort with only 3 feathers, and it is probably referring to the birth of spring. Manu rere in Qa3-14 may depict the 'spirit' of the nuku season leaving. |