Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken fishhook point, small fragment of midsection remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.
Broken straight fishhook point, tip not present.
Complete fishhook tab. Sides are rounded and shaped, with interior section drilled out.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Broken one-piece fishhook, part of tip and head not present. Bait notch at base.
Complete one-piece fishhook. Knob at head and incurved tip.
Partially manufactured one-piece fishhook. Drilled hole in centre.
Complete fishhook point. Barbed with knob at base. Slightly curved.
Taoka Puoro
Complete flute, with small fragments missing from either end. There are three perforations along the top. There is a drill mark at the proximal end. The distal end is darker than the proximal end.
Broken flute, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished. There are two X marks and one diagonal striation on the surface.
Broken toggle fragment, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end finished, the other broken.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Both ends are finished.
Broken toggle, fragment remaining, finished at one end. There are diagonal striations at the lower edge. Bone appears burned.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment, broken at both ends. Surface is covered in diagonal striations.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end finished. Striations on surface in a variety of patterns.
Broken toggle, fragment remaining. Finished end is serrated.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. This fragment is finished at both ends, and both are serrated.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at one end.
Broken toggle, small longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished. There are striations across the surface. One end is stained.
