Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp.
Taoka whakarākei
Broken tooth of a bone comb, tapered to a blunt point at the distal end.
Piece of worked bone, tapered to a point at one end and broken at the other end.
Broken piece of worked bone. Straight and tapered to a point at the remaining end. There appears to be some worn notches or serrations along side surfaces.
Broken bone pendant or cloak pin, distal end remaining. Straight and tapered to a point.
Piece of broken worked bone, slightly curved with pointed distal end remaining. Possibly a pendant or cloak pin.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow, straight bone. Broken and split at each end. One end has been filed to a blunt point.
Broken bone pendant, proximal end remaining, with suspension hole.
Broken bone pendant or cloak pin, distal end remaining. Curved to a point at the end.
Broken fish gorge, tips broken from both ends.
Complete fish gorge, one notch along the medial section.
Broken fish gorge, one end remaining.
Broken fish gorge, medial portion remaining.
Piece of hollow, straight bone. Broken at one end and split at the other end, tapering to a sharp point.