Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken bone point, manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken tab, partially manufactured hook.
Partially manufactured hook.
Partially manufactured fishhook. Curved with drill marks along one side. Burnt.
Broken fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook.
Partially manufactured hook that has been broken but has been repaired.
Broken curved fishhook point. Base and point of tip broken, notches on external side of base.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the upper point and tip remaining. It has an upper, internal barb and upper, external notches along the tip.
Broken, straight fishhook with the lower point remaining. There are lower, external notches.
Broken shank, possibly from one-piece fishhook. Knobs on head of shank.
Complete shank with a knob at the head and a shank basal notch.
Broken shank, small fragment remaining, possibly of one-piece fishhook. Broken at base and head.
Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp, perforation through the proximal end.
Complete bone needle. Distal and proximal ends sharp, with a perforation 2cm from one end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, shaft unusually thick. Circular perforation at the proximal end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, shaft unusually thick. Partial circular eye at the proximal end.
Broken needle, distal end is sharp. Proximal end reduced on front and back, broken at eye.
Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp, small circular eye at proximal end.
Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp with a small, circular eye at the proximal end, which widens from side to side, but reduced on front and back.
Broken needle. Distal end is sharp. Slight curve to the shaft, broken at the eye at the proximal end.
