Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete fish gorge.
Mahi kai ki tai
Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.
Kā taputapu
Complete adze. Dark grey stone. Cross-section is trapezoidal on the blade and oval on the butt. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. Major differentiation between the butt and blade. Sides are reduced to form shoulders and tapered towards the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "Green Island Beach Kaikorai Mouth" inscription.
Complete adze. Dark grey stone. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with the back wider than the front. Surface is ground and bruised. Major differentiation between the butt and the blade; sides are reduced in the front to form a ridge. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and blunt. "Green Isl. Beach Kaikorai Mouth" inscription
Complete adze Cross-section is asymmetrical Surface is ground Minor tapering toward the poll Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp
Taoka whakarākei
Broken bone comb, distal portion of four prongs not present. Cross section is a half-circle.
Unfinished straight fishhook. Barbed point, with serrations on barb, with a large shaft of unworked bone.
Broken fishhook point, mid and base remaining, tip not present. Serations on external side, two-pronged barb on external side.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, internal notches.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an interior barb in the middle of the point.
Complete straight fishhook point with serration along one side of fishhook. Barb present on the other side.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notch present at base.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of straight hollow bird bone, worked to a sharp point at one end. Ornamental notches running down two sides. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident; filed smooth at the base as well.
Incomplete curved shank fragment with base missing. Knob and notch present at head portion.
Unfinished needle. Distal end is broken. Proximal end is unperforated and reduced in thickness. +
Shank fragment. Knobs at head.
Broken bird spear point, lower portion remaining. There are two barbs, both serrated along top edge.
Broken bird spear point, lower portion remaining. There are four barbs, the lower of which are serrated along the top edge. Below the barbs there ar two notches, one on either side of the point.
Broken curved fishhook point, mid and base remaining, tip not present.