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Two hanau glyphs define a sequence of 5 days (10 glyphs):

*Qb6-17 *Qb6-18 *Qb6-19
*Qb6-20 *Qb6-21 *Qb6-22
8
*Qb6-23 *Qb6-24
2
*Qb6-25 *Qb6-26

The kai gesture in *Qb6-17 ('one more' than 16) is reversed - a time of shrinking is in the past. There are no mata although the posture is en face. The hand in front is like a dry Y crotch.

I have structured these 10 glyphs as 6 + 4 in an effort to coordinate the number of glyphs with an imagined 6 * 40 = 240 days long spring followed by shorter autumn with 4 * 40 = 160 days. 10 * 40 = 400, but my structure is only a conjecture.

On the other hand, I have grouped the first 8 glyphs as 3 + 3 + 2 because of the 3 manu rere glyphs. These manu rere are designed to be special, but the idea ought to be that 3 different 'spirits' are rising towards the sky at 3 different times. We can compare with the calendar of the week according to H:

Hb9-17 Hb9-18 Hb9-19 Hb9-20
Hb9-21 Hb9-39 Hb9-40 Hb9-41 Hb9-42
Hb9-43 Hb9-44 Hb9-45 Hb9-46 Hb9-47
Hb9-51 Hb9-52 Hb9-53 Hb9-54
Hb9-55 Hb9-56 Hb9-57 Hb9-58

In *Qb6-20 there is a twin henua and possibly it should be contrasted with the first of the hanau glyphs:

*Qb6-17 *Qb6-20 (636)
wavy horizontal limbs straight vertical limbs

636 can be counted as 6 * 36 = 216, and 6-20 could refer to 6 spring months when Moon is given only 20 nights per month in order to accomodate also her sun child. 6 * (20 + 10) = 180. Ordinal number 17 'belongs' to Venus and 20 to Moon, beginning respectively end. Another contrast is offered by *Qb6-23--24 contra *Qb6-25--26:

*Qb6-23 *Qb6-25
wavy arm kava arm
straight 'staff' diminishing at its top end crooked 'staff' increasing at its bottom