This glyph looks like a mix between GD16 and a character that is not (yet) included in my catalogue. GD16 seems to represent vai ora a Tane, of that I am fairly convinced, but what about the other part?

 

The observant reader has already found part of the answer in GD81. Though the glyph must then be oriented 90^o to the right:

in order to make the similarities become more obvious:

 

There is no middle 'leg' in our glyph and - due to the new orientation - the 'flames' are bent the wrong way. Otherwise quite similar. And also the missing central 'leg' could of course be absent due to the difference in orientation.

 

There is a sequence incorporating GD81 without eyes. But in another sequence GD81 has eyes. The latter sequence seems to signal 'double' in different ways. I don't know where these sequences are beginning and ending. Further studies are needed.

 

However, the pair of 'closed fists' should be possible to decipher, so we will continue with that.

 

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