Once again. The story about the Jaguar who lost his eyes high up in the branches of a tree came to my mind when thinking about what Gb1-21 possibly might illustrate:
This was 6 days before Dramasa - i.e. 65 days after Antares. "October 15 (288) + 65 = 353 ("December 19).
353 ("December 19) - 80 = *273 means that at the time of Bharani the stars would here have risen together with the Sun 3 * 91 right ascension days (39 weeks) after 0h. *290 - *273 = *17. This number coincides with the number given to the panels named tukutuku on the interior walls of the Maori meeting-house:
The creator of this illustration gave number 1 to tekoteko and number 17 to tukutuku. All was in order. Tuku. 1. To leave something lying spread on the ground; to spread, unfurl, unroll something on the ground; tukuga, mat spread on the ground; tukuga tagata, mat on which have been put pieces of cooked human flesh. 2. Tuku kupega, a fishing technique: two men drag along the top of a fishing net doubled up, spread out on the bottom of a small cove, trapping the fish into the net; tukutuku, to fish while swimming, holding a basket-shaped net. 3. Tuku huri, to sit with one's buttocks resting on one's heels, soles flat on the ground. Figuratively: ka tuku! pay attention! (literally: sit still!). 4. Tuku rîu, to sit in the posture typical of choir singers in rîu festivals or singing festivals in general, which was sitting on one's heels. Tukuturi, to sit with one's buttocks resting on one's heels, soles flat on the ground. Vanaga. To give, to let go, to deliver, to accord, to go back to the boat, to dedicate; rima tuku, to bend at the elbow (? tuke). P Pau.: tuku, to lay down, to place, to deliver up. Mgv.: tuku, to give, to deliver, to let alone. Mq.: tuku, to give, to let go. Ta.: tuu, id. Tukuga, plate, ladle, pottinger, legacy, to dedicate (tukaga). Churchill.H.: Ku'u ku'u 1. Redup. of ku'u 1; to let down gradually, slack off a little at a time. See ala ku'uku'u. Ho'o ku'uku'u lenient, permissive; to pay out, as a fishline. Kī ho'oku'uku'u, slack key, as on a guitar (kī hō'alu is more common). Ua ho'oku'uku'u loa na mākua i keiki, parents are too lenient with children. (PPN tukutuku.) 2.Small, short-legged spider, so called because it lowers itself (ku'u) on a single string fiber. Ke alanui a ke ku'uku'u, the path of the spider (a name for the Equator). Ho'o ku'u ku'u, same as above. 3. Boomerang. 'U'uku, tiny, small; few. 'U'uku iho, undersized, smaller. Ho'o 'u'uku, to make small, reduce, lessen. Wehewehe. Maori: tuku, to subside, to settle down. Tahiti: tuutuu, to slacken or ease a rope. Hawaii: kuu, to let down, to slacken. Tonga: tuku, to slacken, to let go as a rope; tukutuku, to sink in the sea. Futuna: tuku, to put down. Niuē: tuku, to bury. Rarotonga: tuku, to let down, to let out, to drop down. Mangareva: tuku, to throw the fishing net of fillet. Paumotu: tuku, to lay down. Sikayana: tuku, to put down. Nukuoro: tuku, to permit, to allow. Manahiki, Fakaafo: tuku, to place. Nuguria: tuku, to set. Rapanui: tuku, to give, to accord. Churchill 2. At the time of rongorongo *273 ("December 19) had changed to *314 (January 29) - due to the precession which moved the Sun earlier in the year as compared to the stars. We can therefore imagine the left-right symmetry in the design of Gb1-21 to be a way of expressing for instance π (= 3.14). The circumference of a circle is measured as a balanced twice 3.14 times its radius.
At Gb2-6 the idea (picture) of Emptiness seems to be illustrated at left in the glyph. Therefore I suggest the pair of 'hanging eyes' in Gb1-21 were meant to illustrate a pair of eyes belonging to a Girl.
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