Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Notches on external side of base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base, with serrations along external side, and small external barb.
Bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Three barbs remaining.
Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Epiphysis on proximal end. Distal end is fine and sharp. Loosely attached sticker wrapped around midsection.
Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Epiphysis on proximal end. Distal end is fine and sharp.
Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Partial epiphysis on proximal end. Distal end is fine and sharp.
Taoka whakarākei
Bone pendant, broken at the proximal end. Curved to a point at the distal end.
Complete shank although the very tip of the head is missing. There is a perforation at the bottom of the base and all along the shank are corresponding notches on both sides.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Broken, curved fishhook with the head, shank and base remaining. There is an upper, interior knob at the bottom of the head and an exterior knob on top of the head.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Straight with notches and knob at head.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Slightly curved near head. Knob at head.
Broken, curved fishhook with the upper point and tip missing. The head has an interior knob at its base and an exterior knob at the top of the head.
Broken, curved fishhook with the tip missing. It has an interior knob at the bottom of the head and an exterior knob at the top of the head.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Notches becoming serrations on external side.
Complete bone pendant. Curved to a point at one end with a suspension hole at the other end.
Complete bone bead.
Complete curved fishhook point.
