Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete bird spear point. Two complete barbs and one broken barb. Smooth on both sides.
Complete bird spear point. Three complete barbs. Smooth on both sides
Incomplete bird spear point, broken at the base. Three complete barbs. Smooth on both sides.
Incomplete bird spear point, broken at the tip. Two intact barbs. Small barbs along both sides of the base.
Complete bird spear point. Five complete barbs. Smooth on both sides.
Complete straight fishhook point, notches on external side of base.
Complete point, distal end fine and sharp. The proximal end is wider, with two notches along one edge.
Bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Slightly chipped at both ends.
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at both ends. There are three partial perforations along the broken edge. There are diagonal striations. One split crack at one end, and numerous hair cracks.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notch on external side, serrations on notch and external side from notch to tip.
Broken curved fishhook point, mid and base remaining. Perforation at base.
Complete, curved fishhook although part of the tip is missing. It has a lower, exterior barb that is serrated.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches at base, and along mid external side.
Broken bird spear point. Middle of shaft remains, with three barbs.
Complete flute. Finished at both ends, though both are chipped, and one has a small fragment missing. At one end there are two perforations on the side. There are three perforations through the top. There are several cracks.
Complete straight fishhook point, with internal barb and notches on external side of base.
Complete, curved fishhook point with an exterior, upper barb that has notches along it.
Complete straight fishhook point with internal barb and serrations on point. Notches on internal side of base and external side of point.
Straight fishhook point fragment, base broken. Internal barb with serrations on internal and external tip and external side of point.