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seal tooth

Taoka Maori, Archaeology

D66.438

Seal tooth, root and small part of tooth tip remaining. Surface is weathered.

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D78.763

Seal tooth, small part broken off base of root, which is hollow.

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D78.764

Seal tooth, split in half with a cut mark at the base of the root.

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D78.765

Seal tooth, split in half

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D79.8488

Broken seal tooth, root and small part of tip remaining. Split and worn at the distal end, with pulp exposed.

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D79.8674

Complete seal tooth

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D79.8675

Complete seal tooth

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D80.224

Large hollow seal tooth, broken at the base of the root.

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D81.2603

Complete seal tooth. Reduced and worked around the distal end of the root. Surface polished.

seal tooth, Whistle

Taoka Maori

D18.451

Seal tooth, which has been filed smooth at the base of the root.

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D82.1019

Set of three seal teeth. All are hollow and broken at the root.

Pendant, He Kura

Taoka Maori

D25.650

Seal tooth pendant with suspension hole at the root end.

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D63.821

Complete unworked seal tooth. Point chipped off.

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D63.822

Complete unworked seal tooth. Point blunt.

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D63.823

Complete seal tooth and root.

seal tooth

Taoka Maori

D27.223

Worked seal tooth, broken at each end. Longitudinal saw marks on each side edge.

Tooth, Worked

Taoka Maori

D27.224

Seal tooth. Split in half with a heavily weathered surface.

Tooth, Worked

Taoka Maori

D27.225

Seal tooth, broken at the root, which is solid. Longitudinal saw mark along each side.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Maori

D27.282

Complete fishhook point, curved with internal and external serrations and perforation at base.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Maori

D27.283

Complete fishhook point made from a seal's tooth. Perforation at the base. One external barb and one internal barb, both with serrations. Serrations run external edge of point and a knob near the base.