Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. There are three barbs.
Broken bird spear point, upper remaining, fragment from base broken. One barb.
Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with notches at base. Small part of barb has broken off.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point with external serrations on side.
Broken curved fishhook point, all remaining except base.
straight complete fishhook, notches at external base, with barb on the internal side.
Complete curved fishhook point, some reduction near base.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the upper point and tip remaining.
Complete bone point. Distal end is sharpened, notches at proximal end.
Broken unidentified curved fishhook fragment. Missing tip and base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Small chip at base.
Fishhook point, previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Small part of tip not present. Straight and barbed with notches at base. Serrations along barbed side.
Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with serrations along one side and along barb.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knobs at head. External serrations.
Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with notches at base. Small part of barb is not present.
Complete curved fishhook point. Barbed with serrations on barb and along sides. Notch at base.
Complete one-piece fishhook. Knobs at head and notches at tip.
Taoka whakarākei
Complete bone pendant. Circular and rectangular paua inlays. Suspension hole and notch at proximal end. Slightly tapered to one side at the distal end.
