Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken fishhook point, tip not present. Straight base and curved towards tip.
Broken curved fishhook point, base not present.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining.
Hollow seal tooth
Large seal tooth, split in half.
Complete one-piece fishhook. Knob at head and incurved tip.
Large seal or sea lion tooth, broken on the interior side of the root.
Complete seal tooth, reduced where the tip meets the root, exposing some of the pulp.
Complete seal tooth, part of pulp exposed on one side of the tooth tip.
Broken fishhook, most remaining except upper barb and tip. Curved and barbed with notches at base.
Taoka whakarākei
Complete ivory pendant. Curved with suspension hole at proximal end.
Broken ivory pendant, proximal end remaining. Kinked with a broken suspension hole.
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.
Complete curved fishhook point. External notched bait barb near base, with serrations from barb to tip. Manufactured from dog jaw.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Serrations on external lower side. Manufactured from dog jaw.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Serrations on external side.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob at head.
Seal tooth, possibly from an elephant seal. Hollow and broken at the root.
Seal tooth, hollow and broken at the root.
