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David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
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Taoka Māori
Awl or shellfish picker. Hollow bone point, appears broken at the proximal end.
Bone point or shellfish picker. Hollow bone point, appears broken at the proximal end. There are two visible repairs where previously broken.
Bone point or shellfish picker. Hollow bone point, appears broken at the proximal end.
Complete flat bone point or shellfish picker. Slightly broken at one end.
Broken flat bone point or shellfish picker. Broken at the proximal end.
Broken bone point, one blunt end remaining.
Complete bone pin or pendant. Rounded at the proximal end and pointed at the distal end. No perforation.
Unfinished needle, rough at the distal end. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches at base.
Complete large shellfish picker, manufactured from hollow bone. Visible repair where previously broken. Cracked towards distal end.
Mostly complete shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone, proximal end is broken and the tip of the distal end is cracked and split.
Complete awl or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone with an epiphysis.
Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone, with epiphysis on the proximal end.
Bone point or shellfish picker. Long and slender.
Unfinished bird spear point. Single barb at base. Notches indicating unfinished barbs along shaft.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point