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Tūhura's Birthday Party
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David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
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Taoka Māori
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook, broken.
Broken fishhook tab.
Worked bone, shaped tab. No drill marks in surface, but sides rounded in tab shape.
Broken point, tip remaining.
Partially manufactured fishhook, showing drill work along one side.
Partially manufactured fishhook, showing drill work along one side
Fishhook tab, drilled along one side.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook. Hole drilled through centre.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook. Two large holes drilled through centre.
Partially manufactured fishhook, showing drill work in the centre.
Large moa bone point, distal end sharpened.
Complete moa bone point, distal end sharpened.
Broken moa bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is pointed.
Broken fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook. External edge is rounded, drill marks along internal edge.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Partially manufactured fishhook with drilling marks around inner edge.
Partially manufactured hook with evidence of notching on one side.
Bone harpoon head. Projection at the base and single stout barb. Groove below the barb for the top of the shaft. Perforation at the head.
Partially manufactured fishhook with sawing marks.
Partially manufactured hook. Centre of the tab still remaining.