Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken, straight fishhook point with the tip remaining. The bone has been burnt.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the point and tip remaining.
Broken, straight piece of bone that is semi-circular with no identifying features.
Broken bird spear point, base remaining. 2 barbs. Notches along both sides.
Broken curved fishhook point,
Fishhook fragment, missing base and point. Serrations on external side.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. With notches on lower side of base.
Complete toggle, of unusual flat style, rather than the tube style. All edges are cut, but not very smooth. There is a single large perforation.
Partially manufactured hook.
Broken one-piece fishhook, with incurved point and point remaining. There is an external barb toward the base.
Broken piece of worked bone. Triangular shape, broken at one end and coming to a point at the other end. Serrations along both sides. Probably the base of a bird spear point.
Broken shank with knob, head and part of shaft remaining.
Complete one piece fishhook. External barb present on point. Knob and head present, as well as notch at base.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the base and lower point remaining.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Notches on external side of base.
Middle piece of a partially manufactured fishhook.
Broken shank, with point side remaining, broken at base. Slight notches at shank point end for connecting to composite fishhook point.
Broken shank, upper shank remaining, broken before base. Knobs on head.
Complete seal tooth. Reduced and worked around the distal end of the root. Surface polished.
Complete kahawai lure. Wooden shank with paua shell inlay. Straight bone point with internal barb. Lashings at head and base.
