Comparative IMPLEMENTOLOGY
TUBUAI ARTIFACTS

Important Discoveries:
Notched pearl-shell Disk
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452-314-PSD-1
ATIAHARA 5


Trolling Lure (Bonito Lure) Point
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453-280-TLP-1
MAUNAHITUA


Whale Tooth Shaped Pendant
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452-315-WTP-1
ATIAHARA 5 (see Volume 26)


Bone Tattooing Needle
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452-314-TNB-1
ATIAHARA 4


Bone Tattooing Needle
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452-312-TNB-1
ATIAHARA 3


Reel Ornament (Calcite)
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453-379-ROC-1
(compare this with Wairau Bar Burials Moa Bone Examples!)


Perforated Cowrie-shells for the Octopus Lure
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(compare these with Hawaiian and Marquesian examples)


Stone Sinker for the Octopus Lure
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453-240-OLS-1
HANATAI


Wiggly Shank Fishhook
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ATIAHARA excavations (actual length 28.2 mm)


Barbed Harpoon Head
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ATIAHARA Excavations (actual length 37.1 mm)


Curved Shank Fishhook
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452-318-PSH-1
AHOAPOFATU 1 , this image link is at 100% scale


Pearl-shell Grater
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452-312-PSG-1
ATIAHARA Excavations


a second Grater found nearby
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452-312-PSG-2
ATIAHARA Excavations


Drilled Shell Ornament
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452-312-LSS-1
ATIAHARA Excavations


Trolling-lure Point (pearl-shell)
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452-314-TLP-1
ATIAHARA 4 (see below TLP-2)


Pearl-shell Grater
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452-314-PSG-2
ATIAHARA 5


Tonna-shell Scraper
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452-343-TSS-1
TEONEMARUA


Trolling-lure Point (pearl-shell)
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452-314-TLP-2
Rocker Type ATIAHARA 4


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