Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
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.
Piece of hollow bone, worked to a point at one end. Previously broken in two pieces and glued back together.
Taoka whakarākei
Broken piece of worked bone, possibly a pendant or mat pin. Straight and tapered to a point on the remaining end.
Broken bone pendant or cloak pin, distal end remaining. Straight and tapered to a point.
Broken and burnt piece of worked bone, possibly a pendant or cloak pin fragment. Straight with a polished surface. Remaining end is tapered.
Piece of straight broken worked bone. Surface is heavily weathered.
Piece of broken worked bone, possibly a fragment of a pendant or cloak pin. Straight and tapered to a point on the remaining end.
Broken fish gorge, one end remaining.
Broken fish gorge, one end remaining. Old adhesive and backing material present on back.
Complete, straight fishhook point with lower, external notches.
Complete, straight fishhook point with lower, external notches on the side and an external point basal notch.
Mostly complete fish gorge, tip missing from one end.
