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Taoka Māori
Bone point. Manufactured from hollow bone. On end is sharpeded to a point. Hollow is filled with substance, probably dirt.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Tip is sharpened.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Point is sharp.
Complete bone point. Manufactured from hollow bone, one end unworked. The other end is sharpened to a point.
Bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. There are longitudinal cracks, and the bone is very worn. One end is sharpened to a point.
Broken point, shaft remaining. One is broken, the other is unworked bone end.
Complete bone point. One end is finished and smoothed, the other worked to a fine point, the very tip of which is broken off.
Complete bone point. One end is worked into a shapened point, the other is unworked epiphysis. There are several longitudinal cracks starting at the worked end.
Complete bone point. One end is sharpened into a sharp point, the other is unworked bone ending in the epiphysis.
Bone point, possibly broken at end of shaft. Other end is sharpened to a fine point. There are several large cracks running the length of the point.
Taoka whakarākei
Complete one-piece fishhook, unfinished. Previously broken at upper and lower point, now fixed. Surface has modern markings showing how head and tip would have been finished. Knob at head.
Complete, straight fishhook point with two upper, internal barbs; one just below the other. It has lower, exterior basal notches.
Burnt shark tooth pendant, broken at the root and along the sides of tooth. Sides of the root and the proximal end have been squared off. Two drill marks indicating broken suspension holes. Naturally-occurring serrations along sides of tooth.
Broken bone comb, part of proximal end and proximal end of one tooth remaining. Proximal edge and remaining side edge have decorative notches.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb. It has lower, exterior basal notches. The base is a lot wider than the point.
Complete kinked bone pendant. Knob at proximal end on the side of the suspension hole.
Complete bone pendant. Kinked twice along shaft with a suspension hole at the proximal end.
Complete straight bone pendant. Notched along sides and tapered to a point at distal end. Knob at proximal end with a small portion chipped off.
Complete bone pendant with suspension hole. Slightly curved at both ends
Complete bone pendant. Suspension hole at the proximal end, coming to a point at the distal end.