Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Partially manufactured fishhook, rounded with drill marks on one side.
Broken fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook. External edge is rounded, drill marks along internal side.
Broken fishhook tab. Sides are finished and shaped. The centre shows drill marks.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook, drill marks on one side.
Broken fishhook tab, external edges rounded, large drill marks along internal.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the lower point remaining. There are three lower, external notches.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook, broken.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Slightly curved with broad head.
Broken one-piece fishhook, portion of base and upper remaining. Neither tip or point present.
Broken curved fishhook point, midsection remaining. Bone is burned.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the base remaining.
Fishhook tab, middle piece.
Broken point, shaft remaining. There is a deep groove around the end. Long fragment missing from the side. The surface of the bone is smoothed.
Taoka whakarākei
Broken shark tooth pendant. Broken drilled suspension hole at the root. Sides of the root are straight, with natural serrations along the sides of the tooth.
Small ring of worked dentalium shell used as a necklace bead. Three grooves around the sides.
Small ring of worked dentalium shell, used as a necklace bead. Three grooves around the sides, small piece of one side broken off.
Point of bird bone. Tip is very sharp, other end is rough, possibly broken.
Broken point, tip remaining. Bone is worn, tip is dull.
Complete point. Tip is dull, other end is rough. Bone is worn.
