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There is not only ihe tau at the back side of Cb10-19 but also hanging (wilting) maro feather strings at left, signs of how the bad times were in the past:

St John's Eve St John's day June 25 26 (177)
Cb10-19 (641) Cb10-20 Cb10-21 Cb10-22
te hokohuki - manu rere te kihikihi o te marama te maro o te henua kua vero
 κ Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae (93.8) Furud (94.9), δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4) Canopus (95.6), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9) no star listed
solstice 22 23 X-mas Eve (358)
π Pavonis (274.6), ι Pavonis (275.1) Polis (275.9) η Sagittarii (276.9), Kaus Medius, κ Lyrae (277.5) Tung Hae (277.7), KAUS AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4)
Menkar 720

Metoro noticed the difference between the maro string at left in Cb10-20 and that at left in Cb10-21. The weaker string was te kihikihi and the more powerful te maro.

The last week of December ends with a tagata with no eyes (mata):

June 27 (178) 28
Cb11-1 Cb11-2 (646)
Te kihikihi - tagata moe ki te ariki - te hokohuki
X-mas Day 26 (360)
June 29 30 (181) July 1
Cb11-3 Cb11-4 Cb11-5
ko te inoino - te henua te inoino - te henua te henua
December 27 28 29
July 2 3 (184)
Cb11-6 (650) Cb11-7
Tagata hua hakahitihiti koia kua tu
December 30 (364) 31

In the night of July 2 a new dawn broke, hakahitihiti, because here was seen (close to the Full Moon) day 364 in the Gregorian calendar. The cycle of 52 (half 104) weeks had reached to its end.

Hiti

1. To show itself again, to reappear (of the new moon, of a constellation - meaning uncertain). 2. Said of thin, tough-fleshed fish of indifferent taste: ika hiti. 3. Said of fish when they come to the stones of the shore for insects among the seaweed: he hiti te ika. 4. To reproach someone for his ingratitude. Vanaga.

1. To rise, to appear, to dawn; hitihaga, rising; hitihaga roa, sunrise; hitihiti, to dawn; horau hitihiti, break of day; hakahiti ki te eeve, to show the buttocks. 2. Puffed; gutu hiti, thick lips. Churchill.