I have no doubt that here is expressed data collected from observing the moon. The 'wedges' (full moon?) are ca 400 and the space between them is variable. With 400 moons we get 200 * 59 = 11 800 nights, i.e. 1/3 of 100 years consisting of 354 nights. Should we think of the 'wedges' as representing double-moon periods, then we would get 23 600 nights or 2/3 of 100 years. Were the 'wedges' triple double-moon periods, we would get 200 * 354 = 70 800 nights. 200 years is a suitable period to get fairly reliable results. I am sure that these data concern the moon because we see them in the tresses of a woman's hair. The Moon was often called Hina in Polynesia, the name of a woman.
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