Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
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David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken fish gorge, one end remaining.
Broken fish gorge, one end remaining. Single notch at broken edge.
Broken toggle, two longitudinal fragments remaining. Previously in three pieces, visible repair on smaller piece. There are striations across surface in a cross-hatched pattern, with short longitudinal striations at one end. Finished at both ends.
Broken bone point, surface smoothed with a circular cross-section. The distal end is broken off.
Broken straight fishhook point, butt remaining. Large notch at base.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. This toggle is finished at both ends, with no perforation. Surface cracks run longitudinally across surface. One end carved into points, some work at the other end suggests it was intended to both ends.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at both ends, with no perforations.
Complete straight fishhook point. Barbed with notches at base.
Complete straight fishhook point. External notches at base and middle. Internal upper barb. Transverse striations across face at lower notches. Diagonal striations from above basal notches, intersecting with transverse striations and ending at internal basal corner.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the lower point remaining.
Mostly complete picker. Small chip at the proximal end and tip is broken from distal end.
Broken threader, distal end is sharpened. Broken at the proximal end.
Broken threader, cracked at the proximal end. Distal end is sharp pointed.
Mostly complete picker. Small chip and cracks at the proximal end.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow, straight bone, broken on one end and worked to a sharp point at the other end. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident, particularly around the point.
Complete bone chisel, some chipping at the proximal end.
Piece of hollow, straight bone, broken at one end. The other end is split with filed edges, presumably tapering to a point, the tip of which has broken off.
Piece of hollow, straight worked bone. One end is broken and the other is split and filed to a point.
Fragment of broken burnt bone, split and filed to a point at one end.