Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete straight fishhook point, notch at base and barb near tip.
Taoka whakarākei
Piece of worked bone, curved on the remaining edge. Small perforation at one corner, with another drill mark/incomplete perforation next to it.
Complete straight fishhook point. External notches at base, with slight reduction on the internal side of base. Internal barb near tip.
Complete straight fishhook point, barb on internal side centre of fishhook, followed by serrations to tip, serrations on external side to tip.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the base and lower point remaining. There are lower, external notches at the base.
Broken straight fishhook point, midsection remaining.
Partially manufactured fishhook centre.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete straight fishhook point.
Broken threader, sharpened distal end remaining. Longitudinal crack.
Broken straight shank, with most remaining except base. Notches at head.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook.
Complete curved fishhook point. External notches at base.
Mostly complete straight fishhook point, with all remaining except tip. Notches at external surface of base.
Complete toggle, with chipping on either edge. There is a single perforation, with a partial drill mark roughly 2cm away. Bone is burned.
Complete toggle. Bone has been cut longitudinally, leaving only a "half-pipe" length of bone left. There are four perforations, one on every side at both ends. The bone looks burned.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Notches on external side of base.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Large, vertical base for attachment to shank, with point coming off at angle. Notches on external side of base.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Curved notch on the external side of base.
