Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Cut length of bone, epiphysis one end. There is a large longitudinal crack from the cut end.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation at base.
Complete fishhook point with slight curve. External barb and external serrations.
Broken straight fishhook point. Missing tip and base, only shaft remaining. Serrations on both internal and external aspects.
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, fragment remaining. There are two partial perforations along the broken edges, and striations in a chevron pattern. Several longitudinal hair cracks running length of fragment.
Broken point, tip remaining.
Piece of straight hollow bone, epiphysis remaining on one end and worked to a sharp point at the other end.
Fragment of bone, broken lengthwise and worked to a point at one end.
Piece of straight hollow bird bone, broken at one end and filed at an angle on the other end, tapering to a point.
Small piece of hollow straight bone, broken at one end and filed to a blunt point at the other end.
Piece of straight bone, broken lengthwise and worked to a blunt point at one end.
Piece of straight bone, broken lengthwise and at one end. Worked to a sharp point at the other end.
Incomplete straight fishhook point. 4 notches present at base. Point portion has broken off.
Broken curved fishhook points, upper remaining, broken at base.
Complete awl. One end is sharpened to a fine point, the other end is partially finished, with a large fragment missing from one side. There is a crack running length of object.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Notches at base.
Broken bone point, tip broken off.
Taoka whakarākei
Piece of broken worked bone, possibly a comb head or pendant, proximal portion remaining. Proximal edge is squared off, with five decorative notches to one side. A perforation at the centre below the proximal edge is drilled from both sides.
Broken bone point, missing fragment along one side.
Mostly complete straight fishhook point. Three distinct notches present on one side of fishhook at base end. Point portion of fishhook not present.
