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David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
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Mahi whakairo
Broken pounamu gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at the break. The bevel is demarcated with a curved line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.
Broken pounamu gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is plano-convex with the back flattened. The surface is ground, with flaking on the break and front. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.
Taoka Māori
Complete fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Unfinished fish gorge.
Broken fish gorge, one sharpened end remaining.
Mostly complete fish gorge, one tip missing.
Broken fish gorge. One sharpened end remaining.
Mostly complete fish gorge. Broken at one end.
Broken bone point, tip remaining, distal end is sharpened.
Broken bone point, tip remaining, distal end sharpened to a fine point.
Broken bone point, shaft remaining, tip broken off.
Broken bone point, distal end remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Complete bone point. Distal end sharpened.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end sharpened.