Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point
Broken one-piece fishhook, point remaining. Incurved tip.
Broken shank, upper remaining. Knobs at head.
Complete straight fishhook point, with internal barb at tip. Notches along one edge.
Broken curved fishhook point, with most remaining except tip.
Broken straight fishhook point, with base and part of shaft remaining. Notches present at base.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank and base remaining. Knobs at head and at base. External notches at base.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper portion remaining. Wider at base, tapering towards point.
Complete curved fishhook point. There on notches on the external side the base, with a small barb above and serrations ending halfway up the external side. There is an internal barb.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining.
Broken incomplete fishhook tab, in two pieces, but missing several other pieces. Sides are smoothed and shaped, drill marks around the centre.
Broken curved fishhook point. Bone is burnt.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. There is a notch at the bottom of the base, and a large perforation. There is a partial perforation at the upper broken edge.
Taoka whakarākei
Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole at the proximal end.
Complete composite fishhook. Curved wooden shank with large bone point attached with muka lashings. Bone point is straight with and incurved tip and three external barbs and one internal barb. Lower external barb and internal barb have two notches on them. Additional muka lashings twisted around the head.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Notches along one side.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip of point remaining, bone is burned.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Bone is burned.
Broken tattoo chisel, lower portion remaining. Hafting end not present. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, one side chipped. There are longitudinal striations along lower portion to cutting edge.
