Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Bone point.
Broken awl. Cracked along one side and broken at the proximal end. Bone is burnt.
Broken bone point, medial portion remaining. Distal tip is broken and broken at proximal end.
Bone point, one end remaining.
Complete awl. Hollow is filled with dirt.
Complete awl. Partial epiphysis on the proximal end. Distal end is a fine point.
Complete awl.
Complete bone point.
Partially manufactured hook.
Partially manufactured hook
Incomplete shank fragment; broken at tip. There is one external knob at the head. There is a slight depression on the anterior face, at the base near the tip.
Complete one-piece fishhook, previously broken at base and lower point, now fixed. Knobs on head of shank. Incurved tip on point.
Broken one-piece fishhook with shank, base and most of point remaining, broken at tip. Slight knobs on head of shank.
One-piece bone fishhook. Small part of tip has broken off. Knob at head. Bait notch at base.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the base and lower point remaining. It has a lower, internal notch on the base. The base is wider on the internal side than external side.
Mostly complete curved fishhook point, with very tip and very base missing. Notch and small serrations along one edge. Two cracks present along shaft.
Complete fishhook point. Curved with serrations near tip and perforation at base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Some reduction and a knob at base.
