Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
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Kā taputapu
Argillite drill point. Light red in colour.
Silcrete drill point. Light yellow, black, and mid brown in colour. Weathering on most surfaces. Retouch present on lateral margin of dorsal surface.
Silcrete drill point. Light grey, mid grey, and black in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Weathering on margins. Small amount of retouch on one margin.
Silcrete drill point. Mid yellow and mid grey in colour. Weathering on most surfaces. Retouch present
Argillite drill point. Mid yellow and cream in colour. Retouch present on ventral surface lateral margins.
Silcrete drill point. Mid red, mid brown, and black in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Weathering on most surfaces. Retouch on dorsal surface.
Silcrete drill point. Light grey and black in colour. Weathering on ventral surface. Retouch present on bilateral dorsal surface margins.
Silcrete drill point. Light grey in colour. Weathering on one surface. Bilateral retouch present on one surface.
Silcrete drill point. Dark grey, light grey, white, mid yellow, and cream in colour. Weathering on dorsal surface. Retouch present on dorsal surface lateral margin.
Silcrete drill point. Dark red colour.
Argillite drill point. White, light yellow, and black in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Retouch on right lateral margin of dorsal surface.
Silcrete drill point. Mid yellow and mid brown in colour.
Silcrete drill point. Pointed at either ends, there is some retouch along one lateral margin.
Silcrete drill point. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Severe weathering on most surfaces.
Argillite drill point. Mid brown and black in colour. Weathering on most surfaces. Retouch present on right lateral margin of dorsal surface.
Taoka Māori
Complete quartzite hammerstone with usewear along the surface.
Mahi kai ki uta
Comeplete slate knife. Surface is ground on both surfaces, with flaking. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved with flaking and use wear. Haft end is flat
Complete adze. Grey stone. Cross-section is assymetrical. Surface is mostly ground. Differentiation between the butt and blade; sides tapered toward the poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but flaked. "Papanui" inscription.
Mahi kai ki tai
Broken sinker where one section is missing above the groove. It has a shallow transverse groove.
Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. White and dark grey in colour. Dirt and weathering on both surfaces. Large flake scar on proper right side of dorsal surface. Bifacial retouch on proper left lateral margin.