Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black ink:] '48.2535 A/B New Zealand Two fragments of worked bone, probably human. Oruarangi. Auckland Museum. Exchange.' Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in blue ball point:] '48.2535 A+B NEW ZEALAND. 2 fragments of worked bone, probably human.' [Red circular sticker bottom right of card; black and white photograph of objects labelled 1948.2535 A-B attached to back of card.]
Event Date 16/12/2013
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
One of two fragments of worked bone (probably human).
Event Date 16/12/2013
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Inscribed in black ink with ''21966-40/ ORUARANGI/ PUR.'', which presumably refer to the site context or the Auckland Museum accession number.
A large circular orange sticker of unknown date and purpose has been adhered to the surface.

Event Date 21/4/2020
Author: rachel hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
Part of an exchange of Pacific material from the Auckland Institute. Presumed to be part of the excavations at the pa in Oruarangi, which predates 1500 AD and was occupied until the early 1830s.
Information on the material is taken from lists that accompanied the material, with V.F. Fisher’s letter to C.B Humphreys, 15 May 1947, now held in MAA’s archives in the correspondence boxes.
Event Date 29/4/2020
Author: rachel hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
Has a very cortical thickness which would be atypical for a human. Could possibly be part of a femur due to the curvature. Would benefit from proteomic analysis.
From observations by Dr Trish Biers, Curatorial Manager of the Duckworth Laboratory, 13/11/2024
Event Date 13/11/2024
Author: Rachel Hand