Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Curved with notches at base.
Broken straight fishhook point. Serrations on both sides of tip.
Taoka whakarākei
Straight bone pendant, small portion broken off at suspension hole.
Broken fishhook point, serrated tip remaining.
Broken fishhook point, tip remaining. Straight and barbed with serrations along all edges.
Complete straight fishhook point. Eleven serrations on one edge, ten on the other. Reduced in one side making it somewhat concave
Broken fishhook point, tip remaining. Barb on one side, with serrations on other.
Unidentified fishhook fragment, broken at both ends. Partial perforation at break. Perforations along internal side.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
Broken straight fishhook point, midsection remaining, broken at both ends and portion of barb.
Straight bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Other end is cut at an oblique angle and comes to a point.
Bird spear point, broken at each end. Single barb.
Piece of straight worked bone, broken at one end tapered to a point at the other end.
Mostly complete bird spear point, small part broken off each end. Previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Three barbs.
Unfinished bird spear point, broken at each end. One complete barb and one incomplete barb.
Broken bird spear point, tip with two barbs remaining
Complete curved fishhook point.
Broken curved fishhook point, mid-point remaining.
Partially manufactured fishhook showing drill work
Partially manufactured hook.
