Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka whakarākei
Broken bone pendant, proximal end remaining. Straight with suspension hole.
Taoka Māori
Broken needle, shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharp. Broken at proximal end.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the tip and upper point remaining. It has an upper, internal barb.
Complete, curved fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.
Worked bone, possibly a toggle. Bone tube cut at both ends, but not smoothed. Perforation at one end. Cut marks at both ends. Cracks from end to end. Bone has been polished, with traces of white remaining, especially in the perforation.
Bone point, possibly broken at shaft end. Other end is sharpened into a fine point.
Complete fish gorge.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point. Large internal barb with external notches.
Fishhook is incomplete. Broken at base, with point and tip remaining. Tip curves inwards.
Shank is incomplete. Broken at base. Shank has an internal and external knob at head. Shank is curved.
Fishhook is incomplete. Only base remaining. Has an external bait notch.
Shank is incomplete. Broken at head and base. Shank fragment is slightly curved, and has one knob near head.
Unidentified straight fishhook fragment.
Unidentified curved fishhook fragment.
Fishhook point is mostly complete, but is broken at base.
Shank is incomplete; broken at base. Shank fragment has two external notches and one internal knob at head. Shank fragment is curved.
Shank is incomplete. Broken at base and part of head. Shank fragment is curved. Large externally protruding head.