Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. Faint serrations visible on external portion of fishhook.
Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. Notches present on either side, with one side continuing into serrations. Base portion of fishhook present only.
Very partially manufactured hook. Tab is smoothed and rounded ready for drilling. There is a portion of the tab that has broken off at the top corner.
Complete gorge. Comes to a point at both ends, and serrated down one side.
Broken gorge. Both ends come to a point, but tips are broken off.
Broken threader, long and pointed end remaining. Broken at the other end.
Broken threader, one pointed end remaining. Visible repair where previously broken.
Broken threader, one pointed end remaining.
Complete threader. Proximal end cut with cutting marks around edge, distal end sharpened.
Complete gorge, both ends sharpened.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow, straight bone. One end is split, tapering to a point, the tip of which has broken off.
Piece of hollow bone, worked to a dull point at one end and reduced at the opening of the other end.
Broken gorge, sharpened at one end, other end broken.
Taoka whakarākei
Broken bone pendant, straight distal end remaining.
Complete moa point, bone very worn.
Broken gorge, partial end remaining. Tip broken off.
Broken gorge, one sharpened end remaining.
Broken bird spear point, lower shaft remaining. Has two barbs.
Incomplete curved fishhook point with no visible features present. Fishhook has broken off towards the base portion.
