Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken, partially manufactured fishhook. The bone has been burnt.
Broken one-piece fishhook, point and part of base remaining. Small part of tip also broken off. Burnt bone. Bait notch at base.
Complete, fishhook point. The bone has been burnt.
Broken one-piece fishhook, tip not present. Knob at head. Previously broken in two pieces and glued back together.
Broken one-piece fishhook, point remaining. Curved with incurved tip.
Broken one-piece fishhook, tip not present. Knob broken at head.
Broken fishhook, shank remaining. Knob at head.
Broken one-piece fishhook, point remaining. Straight with incurved tip.
Complete fishhook tab, sides smoothed but not shaped. There are drill marks on both sides.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Unidentified bone fragment.
Broken fishhook point, lower remaining, notches on external side of base. Bone is burnt.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Notches on external side of base.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Broken in 2 pieces.
Fragment of fishhook tab. Burnt bone. Partial drill marks. External edges rounded.
Broken one-piece fishhook point, base and shank remaining. Internal and external knobs on head of shank. There is a basal notch on the external side where point meets base. Distal point of base broken. Bone is burnt.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank and base remaining. Knob at head.
Taoka whakarākei
Straight bone pendant. Drilled suspension hole at one end and cut at a sharp oblique angle at other end.
