Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Puoro
Partially manufactured flute.
Taoka Māori
Complete gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of straight bird bone. A small portion near one end is hollow with a crack down the centre. The rest of the piece is split, and it is worked to a point at the other end.
Broken toggle, fragment remaining. One end is finished.
Piece of hollow, straight bird bone. One end is split and worked to a blunt point.
Piece of straight hollow bird bone, worked to a blunt point at one end.
Piece of hollow bird bone, broken and worked to a sharp point at one end.
Piece of hollow bird bone, broken and split at each end. One end has been filed to a sharp point
Piece of straight hollow bird bone, broken at each end and worked to a blunt point on one end.
Piece of hollow, straight bird bone, broken and split at each end. One end has been worked to a blunt point.
Piece of straight bird bone, broken and worked to a sharp point at each end.
Straight piece of hollow bird bone, one side broken and worked to a point at the end.
Piece of hollow, straight worked bird bone. One end is split and worked to a point, the tip of which has broken off.
Piece of straight hollow bird bone, broken on one side and worked to a point at the end.
Piece of straight bird bone, a small portion is hollow at one end. The rest is split, and the other end is worked to a point.
Piece of straight, hollow bone, broken at one end. Split at the other end and worked to a flattened point.
Small piece of straight hollow bird bone, broken on one side and worked to a blunt point at the end. Surface is smooth.
Taoka whakarākei
Complete bead. Hollow of bone is packed with dirt.