Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete dog mandible with most teeth intact.
Mostly complete dog skull, broken at the nose. Some teeth still intact.
Piece of whale vertebra
Piece of whale vertebra with some drill work
Taoka Puoro
Complete but unfinished flute. Cut and smoothed at both ends, there are no perforations. There is one crack that runs from end to end.
Broken point, tip remaining.
Partially manufactured fishhook, showing drill work along one side.
Partially manufactured fishhook, showing drill work along one side
Fishhook tab, drilled along one side.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook. Hole drilled through centre.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook. Two large holes drilled through centre.
Partially manufactured fishhook, showing drill work in the centre.
Large moa bone point, distal end sharpened.
Complete moa bone point, distal end sharpened.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining, broken at base.
Broken moa bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is pointed.
Complete toggle, with chipping on either end. There is a single perforation. There is a large crack on either side of the perforation, there is adhesive in the crack. There is a smaller crack opposite the large one.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining, tip not present.