Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka whakarākei
Broken bone pendant, upper portion remaining. Straight with suspension hole at proximal end. Some pink discoloration on the surface.
Complete bone pendant. Slightly curved with a suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete bone pendant. Curved with suspension hole at one end.
Complete curved bone pendant. On one end, there is a suspension hole which has a small piece broken off.
Complete bone pendant. Curved and slightly reduced to a point. At one end, there is a suspension hole, but a small portion has broken off.
Mostly complete bone pendant, small portion broken off of the distal end. Complete suspension hole at the proximal end.
Complete bone pendant. Straight with drilled suspension hole at one end.
Complete bone pendant. Curved with suspension hole on one end.
Complete curved bone pendant with suspension hole at the proximal end.
Mostly complete bone pendant, small part of each end broken off. Curved with broken suspension hole at one end.
Broken curved bone pendant, distal end remaining. Has been broken in two pieces in the centre and glued back together.
Broken curved bone pendant, broken off at one end (suspension hole not present).
Complete bone pendant. The shaft reduces and curves to a blunt point. A suspension hole has been drilled from both sides in the proximal end.
Broken bone pendant, broken at both ends. Slightly curved, with remnants of drilled suspension hole at one end.
Complete ivory pendant. Suspension hole at the proximal end and curved to a point at the distal end.
Turret shell with small perforation on one side, possibly used as a pendant suspension hole.
Single shark tooth pendant with three suspension holes at the root, drilled from both sides. Natural serrations running along the side edges from the root to the tooth tip.
Taoka Māori
Complete straight fishhook point. Two small notches on inside of base, one large shallow notch on external side. Internal barb.
Rākau o te riri
Broken fragment of a patu paraoa, part of blade remaining.
Broken fishhook shank, most remaining except head. Straight with notches.