Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. Two notches present on narrower end of fishhook. Base portion present only.
Mostly complete curved fishhook point. Small piece is missing from point end.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. Base and point ends have both been damaged. No visible features present.
Incomplete curved fishhook point with point end broken off. No visible features present at base.
Complete slender point, distal end sharpened to a point.
Complete bone point, distal end is sharpened. Manufactured from hollow bone.
Piece of bone, broken in half and broken at one end. Worked to a dull, flattened point at the other end.
Taoka Puoro
Complete but unfinished flute. Cut and smoothed at both ends, there are no perforations. There is one crack that runs from end to end.
Bone bird spear point, broken at the tip. Six barbs. Notches on one side below barbs.
Complete bone bird spear point. Three barbs. Bottom barb has a notch in it.
Broken bone point, manufactured from hollow bone.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. Internal barb.
Broken bird spear point, missing base. Has one barb. Small cracks on one side.
Piece of bone, broken in half and at one end. Worked to a dull point at the other end end.
Broken half of a piece of bone, worked to a dull point at one end.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. Base and point ends are both missing. Fishhook fragment appears burnt.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. Point on fishhook is missing. No visible features at base portion.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment with point end missing. No visible markings or features present on hook.
Broken needle. Shaft and tip remaining. Broken at drilled, circular eye at proximal end.
Broken bone point, distal end remaining. Distal end is bluntly pointed.