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Lesser frigate bird

Fregata ariel

AV5700

Southern giant petrel

Macronectes giganteus

AV8224

Emeus crassus

Taoka Māori

D27.1318

Top part of a moa skull.

Haliotis iris

Taoka whakarākei

D27.750

Paua shell containing kokowai. Dirt covers the pigment. The edge of the shell shows come chipping.

Dentalium

Taoka Māori

D30.1011

Piece of dentalium shell, broken at each end and hollow in the centre, possibly used as a pendant bead. White with grooves running the length of the shell.

Java man

Homo erectus

D53.859

Australopithecine

Australopithecus africanus

D68.2580

Dentalium

Taoka whakarākei

D76.2259

Dentalium shell necklace bead. Broken at both ends and hollow in the centre. Grooves running the length of the shell.

Brachiopod

Aetheia gualteri

GL1217

Brachiopod

Notosaria nigriscans

GL1218

Brachiopod

Alipunctifera kaihikuana

GL1219

Brachiopod

Alipunctifera kaihikuana

GL1220

Brachiopod

Spiriferina novaeseelandica

GL1221

Brachiopod

Rastelligera elongata

GL1222

Brachiopod

Oxycolpella wreyi

GL1223

Brachiopod

Oxycolpella wreyi

GL1224

Brachiopod

Brachiopoda, Brachiopod

GL1431

Oyster

Ostrea

GL1432

Brachiopod

Rhynchonella

GL1433

Brachiopod

Neothyris lenticularis

GL1440