Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete point of hollow bone, tapers to sharp point.
Curved bone fragment, very worn. Possibly broken shank or broken point.
Complete bone point. Straight shaft and one barb.
Broken bone point, tip remaining.
Broken point, shaft remaining.
Broken one-piece fishhook, base and shaft remaining. Knob on head of shank, with a small internal barb on head of shank.
Complete bone point.
Complete straight bone point. One end comes to a sharp point.
Broken curved fishhook point, mostly complete, distal end of tip broken.
Broken curved fishhook point. Upper portion remaining.
Broken curved bone point, broken at both ends.
Broken curved fishhook point base. Notches on external side of base. Bone is burned.
Broken straight fishhook point, lower portion. Notches on external side of base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Flattened internal side of base, notches on external side.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Notches on external side of base.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base, no barb. Distal tip of point not present.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base, no barb.
Complete fishhook point. Notches on external side of base, slight curve to the shaft. There is an internal barb near the tip. There are visible repairs where previously broken.
Broken fishhook point, lower portion remaining. Flattened on internal side, with an external notch.