Mostly we find GD67 glyphs showing just one of the hanging 'feather strings', as in Ab3-7 (GD69), Ab3-19 (GD11), Aa7-83 (GD53), Ab2-20 (GD29), Ab2-41 (GD15) and Ab3-40 (GD62):
The number of 'feather marks' may vary - see for instance Aa5-51 (GD15), Aa3-2 (GD29) and Ab3-37 (GD54):
The 'feather string' may alternatively flow upwards, as in Aa1-37 (GD47) and Ab4-32 (GD37):
The 'string' may hang at the left: Ab4-67 (GD29), Ab5-15 (GD14) and Ab5-14 (GD44):
There is no example in Tahua where the glyph shows the full 'head gear'.
Aruku Kurenga (B) In Ba4-14 and Ba4-20 the 'feather streams' go both ways:
In Bb4-20 and Bb4-22 there are twin 'steamers':
'Feather headgear' are found in Ba7-45, Bb6-11--12 and Bb12-6:
Mamari (C) 'Headgear' appear in Ca6-24 and - presumably as an allusion - in Ca14-217:
Double 'feather streamers' are seen in Ca14-202, Cb5-7 and Cb10-12:
Even more complex are Cb6-27 and Cb1-6:
Curious are Cb11-10 and Cb11-18:
Échancrée (D) In Da5-110--111 (which probably is to be regarded as a unit) there is a separate 'feather stream' (which is very unusal):
Keiti (E) Eb6-15 has a 'headdress' with 6 + 6 'feathers':
The rest of the texts The texts above have been used as a kind of 'test ground' to see if the definitions could be used. For the rest of the texts the same principles have been used, although less stringently. The experiences gained have been relied upon rather than what is written above about what characterizes the glyph type. There may be a few extra glyph added, which would not have been so with a strict application of the written definitions. On the other hand there has been no attempt to ignore glyphs which according to the written definitions ought to belong to the glyph type. |
