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Needle

Taoka Māori

D31.386

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp.

Needle

Taoka Māori

D31.387

Broken needle, distal end remaining. Distal end is sharp.

Needle

Taoka Māori

D31.388

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a deep drill mark on one side of the proximal end.

Needle

Taoka Māori

D31.389

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp.

Needle

Taoka Māori

D31.390

Broken needle, shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharp. The proximal end is broken at the eye.

Needle

Taoka Māori

D31.391

Unfinished needle, distal end is sharp. There is a slight reduction at the proximal end.

Needle

Taoka Māori

D31.392

Broken needle. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end is broken at the eye.

Point

Taoka Māori

D31.393

Complete point. End of shaft is smoothed and finished, the other end is sharpened to a point, the tip of which is broken off.

Point

Taoka Māori

D31.394

Bone point. Tip is sharpened.

Point

Taoka Māori

D31.395

Complete bone point. Pointed at one end, and finished at the other. Point is dulled.

Point

Taoka Māori

D31.396

Straight bone point. Tip is sharp, the other end is rough and broken.

Point

Taoka Māori

D31.397

Complete bone point. The tip is pointed, the other is finished and smoothed. Cutting mark at this end.

Point

Taoka Māori

D31.398

Complete bone point. Tip is pointed, the other end is finished and smoothed.

Point

Taoka Māori

D31.399

Bone point. Tip is pointed.

Picker, Point

Taoka Māori

D31.400

Mostly complete bone point or shellfish picker, manufactured from hollow bone. Broken around the proximal end.

Picker, Point

Taoka Māori

D31.401

Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Manufactured from slender hollow bone. There are two visible repairs where previously broken.

Threader

Taoka Māori

D31.405

Complete threader. There is a longitudinal crack from distal to proximal end.

Fishhook fragment

Taoka Māori

D31.408

Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining, with knob at head.

Point, Bird Spear

Taoka Māori

D31.409

Bone bird spear point, small part missing at base. Three barbs.

Gorge

Taoka Māori

D31.410

Mostly complete fish gorge, one tip broken off.