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E44.1396

Drill Point

Taoka Māori

D29.4340

Complete dark brown porcellanite drill point.

Drill Point

Taoka Māori

D29.4348

Silcrete drill point. White with light brown spots. Flake scars and retouching across surface, coming to a point at the distal end.

Drill Point

Taoka Māori

D29.4371

Silcrete drill point. Dark red colour.

Hammerstone

Taoka Māori

D29.4383

Complete quartzite hammerstone with usewear along the surface.

skull, dog bone

Taoka Māori

D29.4428

Mostly complete dog skull, broken at the nose. Some teeth still intact.

Bone, Worked, vertebra

Taoka Māori

D29.4434

Piece of whale vertebra with some drill work

vertebra

Taoka Māori

D29.4431

Piece of whale vertebra

vertebra

Taoka Māori

D29.4432

Piece of whale vertebra

Bone, Worked, vertebra

Taoka Māori

D29.4433

Piece of whale vertebra

Pot

Antiquities

E44.1453

Awl

Taoka Māori

D26.983

Complete bone awl. The head has a hole that does not transect the entire bone. The point is sharp, with a small red stain on the back.

Awl

Taoka Māori

D26.991

Complete albatross awl. The proximal end is flattened. The distal end is sharpened to a sharp point. Towards the proximal end two perforations that do not bisect the whole bone. The two perforations are seperated by a paper sticker with frilled edges.

Dish

Antiquities

E45.49

Ringed caecilian

Siphonops annulatus

Collected 1895

VT2392

Ringed caecilian mounted in a vertical positon in a glass jar, with its head upwards and the body forming an "S" shape towards the bottom of the jar.

Pot, Model

Antiquities

E46.20

Snare, Bird, Mutu

Taoka Māori

D10.206

Complete mutu (bird snare) made from a single piece of light brown wood. Perch has a human face carved facing the proximal end, with eyebrows, nose, and pointed mouth indicated on head. A square knob projects from the perch and one end curves upward. The handle is slightly curved, with another face carved into the butt. Pieces of bird feather quills are curved through perforations at the butt and on the perch, through the mouths of the figures. Both sets of quills are lashed with muka fibre, and a twisted and knotted cord passes through another perforation at the perch figure's forehead.

Model, Vase

Antiquities

E46.21

Model, Vase

Antiquities

E46.22

Model, Vase

Antiquities

E46.23