Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken bird spear point, both ends of tip and shaft are broken off. There is four barbs. On one side there is black spots, two of them.
Broken fishhook tab. Partially manufactured fishhook.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Broken fishhook tab. Partially manufactured hook.
Broken awl, shaft remaining. Finished around the proximal end. Distal end reduces to a point, tip broken off.
Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment with only mid section present.
Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Epiphysis remaining on proximal end.
Complete curved fishhook point with tiny portion chipped away from point end.
Broken awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal tip is broken. Partial epiphysis remaining on proximal end.
Unfinished fishhook point, tip remaining. There is a large barb.
Broken awl, shaft remaining. Finished around the proximal end. Distal end reduces to a point, tip broken off. There are latitudinal striations around the distal end.
Broken awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is missing tip, large crack. Epiphysis on proximal end.
Mahi whakairo
Broken bone gouge, chipping around the proximal end and broken down sides.
Broken awl, distal end remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Complete double-pointed point, manufactured from hollow bone.
Unfinished fishhook point, partially finished barb at the end.
Bone point.
Broken point, tip remaining.
Complete gouge.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment with base missing. Point portion is present but has chunk missing from the internal side.
