Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken threader, long portion remaining. Distal end is sharpened.
Complete threader. Epiphysis remains.
Broken threader, tip remaining.
Piece of broken bone worked to a dull point at one end.
Piece of broken bird bone worked to a dull point at one end and filed down and reduced along one side edge
Piece of broken hollow bone with epiphysis remaining on one end and worked to a sharp but slightly broken point at the other end.
Piece of worked bone, pointed at each end.
Piece of bone worked to a point at one end.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow, worked bone. Broken at one end; the other end is split and filed to a sharp point.
Piece of bone, worked to a point at one end, the tip of which has broken off. Other end is broken into V-shaped projections.
Kā taputapu
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Light yellow in colour. Unifacial retouch on the ventral surface of both lateral margins.
Piece of bone, worked to a dull point at one end.
Piece of bone, worked to a point at one end, a small part of the tip of which has broken off.
Small piece of bone worked to a point.
Piece of broken and split bird bone worked to a sharp point at one end.
Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining and split on the ventral surface of the termination point. Light yellow in colour. Unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin. Retouch along the right lateral margin.
Broken fishhook tab.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the base remaining.
Complete adze. Grey and light brown stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade; sides slightly tapered toward the poll. There is not obvious bevel. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "Papanui" inscription.
Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Light yellow in colour. Unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin.
