Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Worked length of dog jaw, smoothed at the bottom of the jaw.
Taoka whakarākei
Burnt ivory pendant, broken at each end. Curved with drill mark at the proximal end, indicating a broken suspension hole.
Complete seal tooth pendant. Curved with broken suspension hole at root.
Complete ivory pendant. Suspension hole at the proximal end and curved to a point at the distal end.
Bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Knob part-way down. Curved to a point.
Complete ivory pendant. Suspension hole at the distal end. Groove along interior curve.
Complete curved bone pendant with drilled suspension hole.
Complete pendant made from an ivory tooth. Slightly curved with suspension hole at proximal end. Reduced and grooved on one side.
Complete ivory pendant, curved with suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole at the proximal end and tapered to a point at the distal end.
Complete whale ivory pendant. Curved with suspension hole and small notch at proximal end.
Complete ivory pendant. Curved with two suspension holes at proximal end.
Complete ivory pendant curved to a point at distal end with a suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete straight ivory pendant in the shape of a double-edged tattooing chisel. Serrations around the edges with tattooing chisel points at each end. Reduced in the centre for attaching lashing.
Complete tooth pendant. The tooth curves to a blunt point. There is a large crack through the distal end of the pendant. The proximal end suspension hole has been drilled from both sides.
Complete bone pendant. Curved with suspension hole.
Seal tooth pendant with suspension hole at the root end.
Seal tooth pendant. Notch at root end for suspending (possibly a broken suspension hole).
Complete fishhook point made from a curved dog jawbone. Tip is a tooth and internal side contains more teeth sockets. Bone widens at base.
Worked seal tooth, broken at each end. Longitudinal saw marks on each side edge.
