Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Kā taputapu
Incomplete adze - blade extant. Oval Bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by faint curved line running from corner to corner. Cutting edge is sharp, rough and rounded.
Broken adze, bevel end remaining. The cross section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground with some chipping on the proper left side. The butt is absent. The bevel is demarcated by a line at the back and a ridge at the sides. The cutting edge is asymmetrically curved with the proper left side of the blade shorter than the right. The edge is sharp.
Chert drill point. Mid brown, white, mid grey, and black in colour. Cortex present. Flake scars present. Weathering on some sides.
Silcrete drill point. Mid grey and dark grey in colour. Flake scars present. Weathering on most surfaces.
Argillite drill point. Dark grey and mid grey in colour. Cortex present. Flake scars present. Some weathering.
Silcrete drill point. Light grey and black in colour. Some flake scars present. Some weathering.
Chert drill point. Cream and black in colour. Flake scars present. Weathering. Some retouch present
Chert drill point. Mid brown and dark brown in colour. Cortex present on dorsal surface. Retouch present on left lateral margin of dorsal surface.
Chert drill point. Mid brown in colour. Cortex present. Flake scars present. Some retouch present.
Chalcedony drill point. Light yellow, dark grey, cream, and mid yellow in colour. Severe weathering on one surface.
Chert drill point. Dark grey, mid yellow, and mid orange in colour. Retouch present on left lateral margin of ventral surface.
Chert drill point. Dark brown, light brown, and light grey in colour. Cortex present on dorsal surface. Flake scars present. Some retouch present on margins