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 with sharpened distal end. Broken around the proximal end.
Mahi kai ki tai
Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining, tip not present.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.
Taoka whakarākei
Broken bone pendant, upper portion remaining. Straight with suspension hole. Shallow groove along one side.
Kā taputapu
Rough out The cross-section is plano-convex with the back flattened at one end and rectangular at the other end. The surface is ground with flake and chip scars. No distinction between butt and blade. No distinction between butt and blade.
Complete gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of straight bird bone. A small portion near one end is hollow with a crack down the centre. The rest of the piece is split, and it is worked to a point at the other end.
Complete but worn curved fishhook point.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip missing.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, fragment of one end remaining. Partial perforation at top. Cutting marks on surface.
Complete bone flute. Finished at both ends, though one end is chipped and cracked. There are three perforations along the top.
Complete but unfinished flute. Ends are partially cut on one side. Vertical striations at one end. No perforations.
Broken curved fishhook, with only shaft remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point. Internal fragment of base broken off, tip not present.
Complete, straight fishhook point with lower, external notches.
