Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp, no eye at proximal end.
Taoka whakarākei
Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp, with no eye at the proximal end.
Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp, no eye at proximal end.
Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp, no eye at proximal end. Cracked along length.
Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end is slightly reduced in thickness, with a long "V" shaped notch cut into it.
Broken fishhook, shank remaining. Knob at head. Curved at head and at base. Part of base, possibly a barb, broken off.
Partially manufactured fishhook showing drill work along sides.
Centre from fishhook tab
Partially manufactured fishhook, showing drill work along sides.
Inner core from fishhook tab.
Partially manufactured fishhook with drill work at centre
Partially manufactured fishhook with single large perforation in centre. Previously broken in three pieces and glued back together.
Partially manufactured fishhook showing drill work
Broken one-piece fishhook, with incurved point. All remaining except tip of point, and head of shank.
Broken fishhook, shank remaining. Internal and external knobs at head.
Broken tattoo chisel, hafting end remaining. End is reduced to form two prongs.
Unfinished tattoo chisel. The cutting edge has been finished with teeth. The sides are rough. The hafting end has been shaped, but not finished.
