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Flute, Kōauau

Taoka Puoro

D29.4700

Complete but unfinished flute. Cut and smoothed at both ends, there are no perforations. There is one crack that runs from end to end.

Fishhook point fragment

Taoka Māori

D29.5376

Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining, broken at base.

Complete pendant made from an animal tooth. Surface has been smoothed, flattened at the root. Tooth has been cut so that tip is not longer present. Unusual in that suspension hole has been drilled into the tooth rather than at the root like most pendants.

Fishhook point fragment

Taoka Māori

D30.169

Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Striations across external curve. Manufactured from jawbone.

seal tooth

Taoka Māori

D30.326

Broken seal tooth, half of tooth tip and distal portion of root remaining. Large cut mark where the tip meets the root.

Unidentified fishhook fragment

Taoka Māori

D30.522

Broken fishhook fragment, unidentified portion remaining. Mostly straight with four perforations.

Fishhook point fragment

Taoka Māori

D31.1323

Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining. Manufactured from the jaw of a dog.

seal tooth, Pendant, He Kura

Taoka Māori

D31.1445

Complete pendant made from a curved seal tooth. Suspension hole at root. Hollow.

Fishhook point fragment

Taoka Māori

D31.597

Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining. Made of jawbone.

Fishhook Point

Taoka Māori

D31.674

Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Serrations along external and internal sides.

Pendant, He Kura

Taoka whakarākei

D31.835

Complete kinked bone pendant with suspension hole.

Pendant, He Kura

Taoka whakarākei

D31.968

Ivory or tusk pendant, broken with heavy wear at the distal end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides.

Pendant, He Kura

Taoka whakarākei

D31.971

Dog tooth pendant

Pendant, He Kura

Taoka whakarākei

D32.120

Curved whale ivory pendant, broken along one side of the proximal end. Drill mark indicating a broken suspension hole.

Pendant, He Kura

Taoka whakarākei

D32.1373

Complete bone pendant in the shape of a koru spiral.

Fishhook point fragment

Taoka Māori

D32.142

Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. Point is manufactured from dog jaw, with the tip being a sharpened tooth. Smaller fragments of teeth remaining in jaw.