Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end sharpened.
Broken bird spear point, tip with single barb remaining.
Broken half piece of bone worked to a long, sharp point at one end.
Broken bone point, distal end sharpened. Circular notch on one side at proximal end.
Complete large moa bone point, distal end sharpened to a point.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the base remaining.
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Complete patu paraoa. The butt has a circular perforation. The patu is heavily worn and has glues keeping it together.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip and point remaining.
Complete patu paraoa. The handle has a circular perforation at the bottom. The butt is carved and has red wax and paua in the middle of the butt. The patu is in good condition.
complete, everything in place, no Tau. This object is in very good condition. It is covered in quite a few scratches. There is some chipping along the blade.
Complete patu paraoa. Surface is worked smooth. Shoulders where the blade meets the handle. Handle is relatively short. Flared and rounded at the butt, with a drilled perforation.
Complete patu paraoa. The handle has a circular perforation with ornamental grooves at the butt.
Complete patu paraoa. Surface has been stained green. Facial carving at the butt. Circular perforation at the top of the carved head as well as on the handle below the carving.
Complete, curved fishhook point. The tip is considerably narrower than the base and point.
Complete curved fishhook point, manufactured from animal tooth.
Broken curved fishhook fragment, from point or one-piece fishhook.
Broken straight fishhook point, midsection remaining. Two barbs along one side.
Broken curved fishhook point, midsection remaining. Bone is grey, possibly burned.