Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken, curved, fishhook point with the base and lower point remaining. It is serrated along the lower, external edge and has a notch at the base.
Broken bone point, tip and shaft remaining. Distal end is pointed.
Broken bird spear point. Tip and middle of shaft remain. One barb at the point of the spear.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the lower point remaining. There are notches along the lower, internal part of the point.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining, possibly of one-piece fishhook. Incurved point, notches on external side near broken end, serrations on external curve near tip.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at both ends.
Taoka Puoro
Partially manufactured flute. Broken, one end remaining. End unfinished, no perforations. One large crack.
Complete, double ended point. Both ends sharp, sides unfinished and rough.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at both ends. Striation towards one end, at broken edge.
Broken flute, fragment of end remaining. Two striations surface near broken edge, one curved line and one straight line.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the tip missing. It has an upper, internal barb.
Unfinished and broken toggle. Longitudinal fragment remaining. At both ends there are cutting marks where toggle was intended to be cut to shape. Cracked at one side.
Broken threader, long portion remaining with sharpened distal end. broken around the proximal end.
Taoka whakarākei
Broken bone pendant or cloak pin, middle portion remaining. Slightly curved. Broken suspension hole at the proximal end.
Straight piece of worked bone, broken at each end. Surface is polished.
Fragment of moa bone, worked into tab shape. Bottom edge showing curve.
Slab of moa bone, worked in tab shape. Rounded at bottom edge, and beginnings of shaping at upper edge.