Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Taoka Māori
Broken bird spear point, all but upper tip remaining. This bird spear point has four barbs. Below the barbs there is a notch.
Small bone bird spear point, made from bird bone. Pointed shaft. Concave in cross section. Six barbs along shaft.
Long bone bird spear point, made from bird bone. Pointed shaft with a series of notches on one side. Concave in cross section. Five barbs near point.
Complete bird spear point. This is a detailed bird spear point of an unusual style. At the tip there are two barbs on one side. The other side of the bird spear point is serrated, with a small barb about half way down. Towards the base there is a perforation, with decorative crosshatching striations below. At the base there are three notches.
Broken bird spear point, all but upper tip remaining. Bird spear point has five barbs, all broken.
Complete bone bird spear point. Three barbs.
Worked seal tooth, broken at each end. Longitudinal saw marks on each side edge.
Seal tooth. Split in half with a heavily weathered surface.
Seal tooth, broken at the root, which is solid. Longitudinal saw mark along each side.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook.
Partially manufactured hook.
Partially manufactured tab.