Having established the late in the year character of moko and its opposition to the young mago we will move on to Mamari, where there are lots of moko glyphs:
There are 12 moko on side a and 10 on side b, and all are fat (or pregnant). Those on side b are apparently of a different kind than those on side a (excepting the last one in Ca12-1). If we put moko in Ca12-1 together with those on side b there will be a balance in number: 11 + 11 = 22. 11 is 'one more' than 10 and is therefore expressing the idea of 'birth' (while on the other hand a shark lurking in the deep can be identified with 'death'). |
