Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
Broken shank, possibly from one-piece fishhook. Knobs on head of shank.
Complete shank with a knob at the head and a shank basal notch.
Broken shank, small fragment remaining, possibly of one-piece fishhook. Broken at base and head.
Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp, perforation through the proximal end.
Complete bone needle. Distal and proximal ends sharp, with a perforation 2cm from one end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, shaft unusually thick. Circular perforation at the proximal end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, shaft unusually thick. Partial circular eye at the proximal end.
Broken needle, distal end is sharp. Proximal end reduced on front and back, broken at eye.
Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp, small circular eye at proximal end.
Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp with a small, circular eye at the proximal end, which widens from side to side, but reduced on front and back.
Broken needle. Distal end is sharp. Slight curve to the shaft, broken at the eye at the proximal end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, shaft widening towards proximal end. There is a small circular perforation at the proximal end.
Broken bone pendant or cloak pin, proximal portion remaining. Rounded at the proximal edge, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides.
Broken bone needle, proximal end remaining. Small, circular eye.
Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp. There is very small, circular eye at the proximal end, and a partial perforation at the very proximal end.
Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a small, circular eye at the proximal end.
Complete bone needle. Distal end of tip is broken off. There is small, circular eye a the proximal end.
Partially manufactured fishhook.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knobs on head of shank.
Broken fish gorge, one end broken off.
