Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
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David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
incomplete (blade, bevel and butt present) trapezoidal, the front narrower than the back The surface is ground with some flaking. No differentiation between the butt and blade. the bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. One-piece fishhook fragment missing point and tip. Head and shank intact, with bait notch at beginning of base.
Shank fragment with head and partial shank remaining. Head has external knob.
Shank fragment with head, shank and partial base remaining. Head has external knob.
Broken one-piece fishhook fragment, with tip and head both missing. Shank, point and base remain. Repair visible from previous breakage.
Broken fishhook shank, most remaining except base. Knob at head.
Broken one-piece fishhook, point remaining. Curved with incurved tip and notch at base.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Shank knob and knob at head.
Broken one-piece fishhook point, shank remaining. Shank knob and knob at head.
Partially manufactured hook.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thick reduced at the proximal end, which features a drilled, circular eye.
Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp.
Unfinished needle.
Broken needle, shaft and proximal end remaining. The tip is broken off. There is a visible repair where previously broken at the middle of the shaft. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end, cracked from eye to end.
Complete curved needle. Proximal end is broken, with an unfinished eye. Tip is sharp.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, with two drilled, circular eyes, the lower slightly bigger.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
complete straight fishhook point. 6 notches at the base, 1 barb near the tip on the opposite edge complete straight fishhook point. 1 barb near the tip.
Complete, straight fishhook point, although the tip is missing. It had an upper, internal barb but it has broken off. It has lower, external notches and a reduction on the interior side just above the base down.
complete straight fishhook point. 1 external barb, 2 notches at the base on the same edge.
complete straight fishhook point. 1 barb. 3 notches at the base on the opposite edge.