Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. Two full barbs remaining, one partial barb, and one missing barb. Both sides of the bird spear point are serrated.
Bone bird spear point, broken at the tip. Single barb. Notches along sides.
Broken bird spear point. Bird spear point has two barbs remaining, upper barb is chipped.
Complete bird spear point, previously broken in three places, now fixed. Four barbs, two missing fragments, and one very small barb.
Small bone bird spear point, made from bird bone. Long pointed shaft. Concave in cross section. Six barbs near point. Upper four barbs are broken off, bottom two remain intact.
Broken bird spear point, all but upper tip remaining. This bird spear point has four barbs. Below the barbs there is a notch.
Small bone bird spear point, made from bird bone. Pointed shaft. Concave in cross section. Six barbs along shaft.
Long bone bird spear point, made from bird bone. Pointed shaft with a series of notches on one side. Concave in cross section. Five barbs near point.
Complete bird spear point. This is a detailed bird spear point of an unusual style. At the tip there are two barbs on one side. The other side of the bird spear point is serrated, with a small barb about half way down. Towards the base there is a perforation, with decorative crosshatching striations below. At the base there are three notches.
Broken bird spear point, all but upper tip remaining. Bird spear point has five barbs, all broken.
Complete bone bird spear point. Three barbs.
Complete straight fishhook point, with both internal and external notches at base.
Broken straight fishhook point, with only tip remaining, and barb on one side.
Broken fishhook, unidentified portion remaining. Notch at one side.
Broken rāti (bone harpoon head), head remaining. The break is across the shank. The head has one perforation, and a shank knob.
Broken curved fishhook point, with all remaining except tip.
Broken fishhook, straight unknown portion remaining.
Broken fishhook point, tip not present. Curved with broad base.
Curved fishhook point.
Broken fishhook fragment, external portion and part of base not present.