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Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D46.230

Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D46.231

Complete curved fishhook point. Notch on external side of base, with internal barb near tip.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D46.232

Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. Internal barb near tip.

seal tooth

Taoka Māori

D47.234

Hollow seal tooth

seal tooth

Taoka Māori

D47.246

Large seal tooth, split in half.

One-piece fishhook

Taoka Māori

D48.309

Complete one-piece fishhook. Knob at head and incurved tip.

seal tooth

Taoka Māori

D48.331

Large seal or sea lion tooth, broken on the interior side of the root.

seal tooth

Taoka Māori

D48.332

Complete seal tooth, reduced where the tip meets the root, exposing some of the pulp.

seal tooth

Taoka Māori

D48.333

Complete seal tooth, part of pulp exposed on one side of the tooth tip.

Fishhook point fragment

Taoka Māori

D49.117

Broken fishhook, most remaining except upper barb and tip. Curved and barbed with notches at base.

Pendant, He Kura

Taoka whakarākei

D49.155

Complete ivory pendant. Curved with suspension hole at proximal end.

Pendant, He Kura

Taoka whakarākei

D49.156

Broken ivory pendant, proximal end remaining. Kinked with a broken suspension hole.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D50.407

Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Two small barbs on external side, with notches through upper barb to tip. Small internal barb opposite upper external barb.

Fishhook fragment

Taoka Māori

D51.470

Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob at head.

seal tooth

Taoka Māori

D52.458

Seal tooth, possibly from an elephant seal. Hollow and broken at the root.

seal tooth

Taoka Māori

D52.459

Seal tooth, hollow and broken at the root.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D52.829

Complete curved fishhook point, manufactured from a dog tooth. Striations across the back, making little notches on external side of the base.

seal tooth

Taoka Māori

D53.100

Seal tooth, cut in half lengthwise.

Pendant, He Kura

Taoka whakarākei

D53.128

Broken curved ivory pendant, distal end remaining.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D53.199

Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on the external side of base, serrations on the internal side of base. Internal barb.