Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point. Notch on external side near point.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. Wide, flat base.
Kā taputapu
Broken adze, most of blade remaining Cross-section is rectangular Surface is ground but heavily flaked towards butt and on cutting edge Sides are tapered towards the butt, but most of the butt is not present Bevel and cutting edge are not present due to flaking
Incomplete straight fishhook point. Very tip of fishhook is missing. 3 distinct notches are present at base portion.
Complete, silcrete blade that is mid brown and light grey in colour. It has flaking near the termination on the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on the ventral surface of the proper right lateral margin.
Curved fishhook point fragment, base broken, point and tip present. Internal barb and tip of point.
Broken curved fishhook point fragment, with most remaining except tip and base. Serrations along external edge.
Taoka whakarākei
Curved bone pendant, mostly complete except for small piece broken off of suspension hole. Has been previously broken on the upper portion and glued back together.
Broken adze, butt remaining Cross-section is trapezoidal on the blade and circular on the butt Surface is ground with bruising around the top of the butt and flaking on the blade Major differentiation between the butt and blade. Sides are reduced to create shoulders Bevel and cutting edge are not present.
Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, rough areas along sides. Flaked along blade. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, chipped.
Mostly complete bone point or shellfish picker. Broken around the proximal end. Hollow is filled with dirt.
Broken threader, long portion remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Mostly complete threader, broken around the proximal end.
Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a fine point.
Piece of hollow straight bone, broken at one end and worked to a blunt, flattened point at the other end.
Mostly complete threader, chipped at the proximal end.
Broken threader, sharpened distal end remaining.
Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a point.
Complete fish gorge.