Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken fishhook point fragment, most remaining except head and base. Straight with three remaining barbs. Notches on barbs and cut grooves on front and back.
Taoka whakarākei
Piece of worked bone, possibly a fragment of a comb. Knobbed projection on one end, rounded with notches at the base. Straight and tapered to the other end, which is broken.
Curved bone pendant, broken at each end. Drill mark at the proximal end indicating a broken suspension hole.
Mostly complete curved bone pendant, broken suspension hole.
Mostly complete straight bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole at the proximal end.
Complete straight fishhook point with 3 distinct notches at base. Fishhook appears to have no barbs present.
Bone fishhook point. Long straight point with no barb. Small part of tip not present. Widens at butt. Three notches at base for lashing.
Complete straight fishhook point with 4 notches at base and barb present on opposite side towards the point end.
Complete curved fishhook point with 3 external notches and internal barb.
Complete bone pendant, slightly curved with suspension hole at proximal end.
Mostly complete shell pendant. Broken suspension hole at the proximal end. Curved to a point at the distal end.
World
Broken one-piece fishhook, all remaining except head. Shank curves at head towards break. Two basal barbs, one beneath shank slightly chipped. Fishhook point is straight.
Fishhook fragment, tip of point missing. Knobs at head of shank. Small perforation on external side of base.
One piece fishhook fragment. Head, shank, knob and base are intact. Missing point. Base has notch.
One piece fishhook fragment. Head, shank, knob and base are intact. Point is missing. Serrations at knob and head.
One piece fishhook fragment. Head, shank, knob, and base remain, the tip is missing.
Broken and unfinished one-piece fishhook. Shank remaining, with unworked knob at head.
One piece fishhook fragment. Head, shank, knob and base remain, missing tip.
One piece fishhook fragment. Tip and base remain, missing the head, shank and knob. Serration at beginning of shank.