Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Mahi whakairo
Complete stone chisel. The cross section is plano-convex, front flattened. The surface is ground on the blade and bevel, with flaking towards the poll and back. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and chipped.
Complete stone chisel. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is flaked. The blade has minor demarcation as it tapers towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.
Taoka Māori
Unfinished bone bird spear point. Base with two unfinished barbs remaining.
Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Pointed at both ends, but one end is chipped.
Kā taputapu
Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and mid brown in colour. Bifacial retouching on the right lateral margin.
Taoka whakarākei
Complete ivory pendant. Slightly curved to a point at the distal end. Suspension hole and small notches at proximal end. Small piece broken off and glued back on at proximal end.
Animal tusk pendant. Complete but surface is worn.
Broken bone pendant, slightly curved and broken at each end.
Complete tattoo chisel, of comb variety. Hafting end of chisel is carved into a complex four-knob shape, two on either side. The cutting edge has two remaining teeth that are very sharp, and one tooth that has broken off.
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Light grey and light brown in colour.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower portion remaining. Tip broken off.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper portion remaining, base broken.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining.
Complete bird spear point. There are three barbs remaining, the second from the top broken off. Both sides are serrated.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower portion remaining. Manufactured from canine jaw.
Broken bird spear point, base remaining. There is a barb near the broken edge.
Broken shank. Partial perforation at one end.
