Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Mātai Whaipara Takata
Taoka Māori
Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end reduced to a fine point.
Mahi whakairo
Complete roughout. Basalt. Dark grey and mid grey. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is ground on front, flaked on other surfaces. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel, cutting edge unfinished.
Broken adze (portion of upper butt remaining). Basalt. Mid grey and light grey. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is bruised on front and proper right side, back flaked.
Hollow seal tooth
Mostly complete shellfish picker or awl. Epiphysis on proximal end, with a short fine needle distal end.
Broken stone adze, lower blade only Circular The surface is bruised with heavy flaking around poll. Undifferentiated butt. The bevel is demarked by a ridge running the whole circumference of the adze. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.
Large seal tooth, split in half.
Whakarite kai
Broken slate knife, one half of blade remaining. Surface is ground. Cutting edge is sharp with a bevel.
Fishhook tab, rounded into one-piece shape. Drill marks on one side, workings at top for head of shank.
Mostly complete bone point, chipped at distal end.
Complete curved fishhook point, large base.
Complete bone point. Distal end reduced to a fine point.