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Now I have found the
explanation of this emblem,
it was found on a round
stone, incised so that only
one 'face' of Makemake
is seen at one time. This
perhaps means that only 2 of
the 4 henua are meant
to be represented, the two
'faces' on the south side of
the equator. I refer to
GD71 in my glyph dictionary. The 'shells' around the sun in his two 'orbits' are assymmetric. In my glyph dictionary I suggest - though far from clearly - that this is because 'summer' (the bent henua at left from us seen and therefore to be read first) is longer (= less darkness) than 'winter'. But as 'maps' of every kind are 'universal' in the ancient mind, we should consider alternative readings. As the 'globe' of stone evidently represents the earth and concretely 'illustrates' the play of light and darkness, then the shorter left henua might also 'be' the first part of the day. Is that probable? Is the sun weaker after noon? It may be hotter, but the sky may be more cloudy, that's my experience. Now, we have come a long way astray from the ariki glyph we should examine and discuss. Let's return to that.
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