To the left three 'eyes', and at the right a Clara-knife with three leaves? There are two leaves in Eb2-5, three here and four in Eb2-11, perhaps a sign of increasing greenery?

If two eyes were representing Makemake, then what could three eyes represent? I remember that Metoro for some obscure reason used the words manu mata e toru (bird with three eyes) at these glyphs (Bb5:14 and Bb6:25):

Did he include the head of the bird to reach three? Or was he so assured that the bird had three eyes, that he did not look closely? Or did he add the two half-circles into one eye and draw the conclusion that the bird must have three?

In Tahua (Ab8-74--75) we can see that there probably is some sort of connection between 'eyes with straws' and half-circles on birds:

A bird can reach three 'eyes' (only partly visible) by borrowing half an 'eye' from an 'eye with straw', it seems.

And then we have a possible explanation involving Matariki. For this I will need many more pages.

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