Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Bone bird spear point, small part missing at base. Three barbs.
Mostly complete fish gorge, one tip broken off.
Partially manufactured fishhook.
Taoka whakarākei
Broken bone comb, most of head and two teeth remaining. Two other teeth are broken at the head. Surface is polished smooth, with polishing marks evident.
Complete curved fishhook point. Barbed with notches at base.
Complete straight fishhook point with large notch and serrations on one side, and small barb on the other side.
Broken bone point, sharpened distal end remaining. Tip reduced to a short and fine point.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Mahi whakairo
Complete gouge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches. It has a lower, internal barb too.
Broken bone point, sharpened distal end remaining. Broken at the proximal end and manufactured from hollow bone.
Mostly complete threader. Fragment missing from the proximal end. Small cracks at the proximal end.
Mostly complete threader, tip of distal end broken.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and external notches on the base.
Incomplete curved shank fragment with base missing. Knob present at head portion.
Complete straight fishhook point. Knob at very bottom at external base, with notches until barb, serrated from this barb to tip along external side. Smaller internal barb, with serrations from below barb to tip.
Complete straight fishhook point, possibly broken around base. Serrations from lower edge to tip, with two internal barbs. External barb about midway, with serrations from this barb to tip.
Complete straight fishhook point. Small notches becoming serrations, very fine near tip. Internal barb about midway, with fine serrations from barb to tip.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base, with internal barb.
