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Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D30.529

Complete, curved fishhook point. The exterior side of the upper point is serrated.

Bone, Worked

Taoka Māori

D30.53

Fragment of broken worked bone, filed to a blunt point at one end.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D30.530

Complete straight fishhook point with internal barb and serrations on external side.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D30.531

Mostly complete straight fishhook point, small part of base has split off. Internal barb, with serration on the external side of point and notches on external side of base.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D30.532

Complete straight fishhook point with serration on one side and barb present on the other side.

Fishhook point fragment

Taoka Māori

D30.533

Straight fishhook point fragment, base present. Notches on exterior side of base and serrations on exterior side of point.

Bone, Worked

Taoka Māori

D30.54

Straight fragment of split bone, rounded and filed flat at one end, with polishing marks evident. Small part of one side edge has been burnt.

Needle

Taoka Māori

D30.542

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end is unperforated, but thickness has been reduced.

Picker, Point

Taoka Māori

D30.543

Broken bone point, one sharpened end remaining. Manufactured from hollow bone.

Chisel, Whao

Mahi whakairo

D30.544

Piece of hollow, straight bone, broken and split at each end. One end has been worked to a point.

Point

Taoka Māori

D30.545

Broken bone point, one sharpened end remaining. Manufactured from hollow bone.

Awl

Taoka Māori

D30.626

Complete awl. Cracks at proximal end.

Awl

Taoka Māori

D30.627

Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp.

Threader

Taoka Māori

D30.63

Complete threader. There is a circular eye at the proximal end and a partial, broken eye at the edge. Distal end is sharp.

Shank fragment

Taoka Māori

D30.820

Broken shank with the head remaining. It has a large internal knob just below the head and a large head with a knob one either side.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D30.85

Mostly complete, all remaining except very upper tip. Internal barb with notches on external side of base.

Flute, Kōauau

Taoka Puoro

D30.939

Complete flute. There are three perforations along the top of the flute, the middle perforation is slightly off-centre. The distal end is chipped.

Gorge

Taoka Māori

D30.941

Broken fish gorge, large. One sharpened end remaining.

Fishhook point fragment

Taoka Māori

D30.942

Broken straight fishhook point. All remaining except tip. Serration at base on one side.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D30.943

Complete straight fishhook point with curve at tip. Grooves along external surfaces, and slight notch at base.