Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb.
Completely straight fishhook point/ Notches on external side of base, with an internal barb.
Complete, curved fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and external notches on the base.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and a internal notch on the base.
Complete, straight fishhook point with a small upper, internal barb.
Taoka whakarākei
Complete curved bone pendant with suspension hole at the proximal end.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at point, external notches at base.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end. Drilled, circular eye at the proximal end. An old, broken eye at the very end.
Broken needle, proximal end and shaft remaining. Drilled, circular eye at the proximal end. An old, broken eye at the very proximal end. Needle is attached to a velvet covered board by two small lengths of twine.
Complete, curved fishhook point. It has a large, external notch on the base.
Complete, curved fishhook.
Complete, one-piece fishhook, it was broken at the base but has been repaired. The tip is straight with no features. The shank has a knob at the head.
Complete, straight fishhook point. It has a upper, internal notch at the tip.
Partially manufactured hook. Point remaining with perforations on the lower part of the point.
One-piece fishhook. Knob at head. Broken at base and point. Fragment at tip missing.
Partially manufactured hook.
Mostly complete bone bird spear point, small part of tip and one barb broken off. Four barbs. Serrations at base.
Complete bone bird spear point. Two barbs. Notches on both sides of base.
Complete bone bird spear point. Five barbs.
Mostly complete bone bird spear point. Three barbs, small part of two barbs has broken off.
