Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken bone point, sharpened distal end remaining.
Complete bone point.
Complete bone point or shellfish picker.
Broken bone point or shellfish picker. Sharpened distal end remaining.
Complete straight fishhook point. External notches at base.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches at base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Shank basal barb. Notch at base.
Broken one-piece fishhook. Only base remaining
Complete awl or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone. Cracked from proximal end to distal end.
Mostly complete awl. Bone is worn. Chipped at the proximal end, blunted at the distal end.
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, small fragment remaining. There are two partial perforations. The surface of the fragment is covered in striations in a cross-hatched pattern.
Complete, straight fishhook point with notches across the face at the base.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal notch, and external serrations. "Long Beach"
Bone bird spear point, broken at the tip. Single barb. Notches along sides.
Broken bone point or shellfish picker. Sharpened distal end remaining. Cracked at the proximal end.
