Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point
Complete fishhook tab, sides smoothed but not shaped. There are drill marks on both sides.
Taoka Puoro
Complete flute. There are four perforations, three grouped together along the top of the flute, followed by a drill mark. The fourth perforation is at one end. There are striations in a chevron pattern across the surface
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at both ends, both ends serrated.
Broken bird spear point, base remaining. There is a barb near the broken edge.
Taoka whakarākei
Bone - bird. Proximal end squared with perforation drilled both sides. Distal end broken. 8 notches left side, 7 right side. HD Skinner comments, notches may be ornamental and object a pendant.
Complete kinked bone pendant. Knob at proximal end on the side of the suspension hole.
Complete bone pendant with suspension hole. Slightly curved at both ends
Complete bone pendant. Kinked with a suspension hole at proximal end and slightly curved to a point at distal end.
Piece of worked bird bone, broken at one end and filed to a point at the other end.
Complete bone bird spear point with four barbs. Tapers to a point at the base.
Mahi whakairo
Broken gouge, appears unfinished around the proximal end. There is a crack that starts at the proximal end.
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.
Small bone bird spear point, made from bird bone. Pointed shaft. Concave in cross section. Six barbs along shaft.
Complete bone toggle. Decorated on one side with darkened striations in a rectilinear design. On other side there is a large perforation with small drill mark to one side. Both ends have cutting marks. There is a longitudinal crack starting at one end and running through the striations.
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.
Point, tip is sharp.