Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining.
Mostly complete fish gorge, one end slightly chipped.
Complete curved fishhook point. Curved notch on external side of base.
Complete straight fishhook point. External notches on side of base. Internal barb near tip.
Shank fragment, possibly of one-piece fishhook, shank remaining broken at base. Knobs at head.
Shank fragment, possibly of one-piece fishhook, shank remaining, broken at base. Three knobs at head.
Chalcedony drill point. Light yellow and cream in colour. Small patch of cortex on the proximal end.
Broken threader, pointed at both ends, one tip broken off.
Broken threader, long portion remaining, proximal end. There are five notches at the proximal end.
Broken threader, one sharpened end remaining.
Piece of straight, hollow bone. Split about midway down the shaft and filed to a point at one end.
Piece of hollow, straight bone. Broken at one end and split and filed to a sharp point at the other end.
Broken bone bird spear point, tip not present. Two barbs.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base.
Mostly complete fishhook point, all remaining except tip of point and small fragment of head. Knobs on head of shank.
Mostly complete silcrete blade, termination not present. Dark brown and mid pink in colour.
Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining. Light brown in colour. Unifacial retouch on the left side.
Silcrete drill point. Light grey in colour.
Piece of hollow, straight bone, broken at one end. Split about midway down the shaft and filed to a blunt point at the other end.
Piece of bone, part of epiphysis remaining on one end, with a perforation. The other end has been split and worked to a point. Internal bone structure visible throughout.