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seal tooth

Taoka Māori

D81.2603

Complete seal tooth. Reduced and worked around the distal end of the root. Surface polished.

whale tooth

Taoka Māori

D81.3683

Complete worked whale tooth, one side of distal end has been flattened.

mandible fragment

Taoka Māori

D81.3795

Complete dog jaw mandible. Missing front teeth and rear most tooth, six teeth remaining.

Pendant, He Kura

Taoka whakarākei

D81.3801

Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole at proximal end.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D81.61

Complete curved fishhook point made from a jawbone. Teeth socket perforations along base.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D81.84

Complete curved fishhook point. Made from animal jaw, teeth perforations along side.

Complete composite fishhook. Shank is manufactured from a boar tusk. Point is manufactured from an iron nail bent inwards at the base and then straight at the tip. The tip is attached to the point with muka. There is twisted muka at the proximal end of the shank for the line, with a knot at the end.