Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete, curved fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip missing. There is an upper, external barb.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb, external notches on side of base.
Complete fishhook point. Slightly curved and barbed. Serrations on one side of barb and notches at base.
Complete straight fishhook point. Two barbs on one side.
Complete, curved fishhook with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.
Taoka whakarākei
Broken bone pendant, tip not present. Curved with a suspension hole.
Complete bone pendant. Curved with suspension hole at one end. Tip has three small serrations.
Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole at one end and carved to a point at other end.
Broken bone pendant, upper portion and front side remaining. Straight with suspension hole. Pink discoloration on surface.
Broken bone pendant, upper portion remaining. Curved with drilled suspension hole.
Complete bone pendant. Curved with a suspension hole and carved to a point.
Incomplete bone pendant. Straight with two drill marks at one end, indicating an unfinished suspension hole.
Complete tattoo chisel, of comb variety. There are deep striations at the hafting end that run latitudinally. There are fine teeth along the cutting edge.
Complete tattoo chisel, of comb variety. One notch on either side and on the end of the hafting end, forming two prongs. Sharp teeth along cutting edge, some broken off.
Complete tattoo chisel. Hafting end is shaped with three shallow notches, one on each side of end. Sides taper towards the cutting edge. Two teeth remain along the cutting edge, one broken off.
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, one end remaining. Remaining end is finished, with a perforation near the edge. There are two more perforations along the top. There is a length of string wrapped around the broken end. Large crack running length of remaining flute.
Broken flute.Both ends are finished, though there is a fragment from one end missing. There are two complete perforations, and one partial perforation along the broken edge. Large, split crack at one side.
Broken bird spear point, lower shaft missing. One barb.