Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished. There are two X marks and one diagonal striation on the surface.
Taoka Māori
Broken toggle fragment, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end finished, the other broken.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Both ends are finished.
Broken toggle, fragment remaining, finished at one end. There are diagonal striations at the lower edge. Bone appears burned.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment, broken at both ends. Surface is covered in diagonal striations.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end finished. Striations on surface in a variety of patterns.
Broken toggle, fragment remaining. Finished end is serrated.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. This fragment is finished at both ends, and both are serrated.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at one end.
Broken toggle, small longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished. There are striations across the surface. One end is stained.
Broken toggle, small fragment remaining. One end is finished, at the broken end there is a partial perforation. There are striations across the surface.
He kura
Piece of worked moa bone, possibly the head of a comb. Rounded at the proximal end and broken at the distal end. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident. Cross section is concave.
Complete flute. There are four perforations, three along the top, and one at the end. Groups of diagonal striations wrap around the flute. There is a crack that runs through the perforations, and others along the length of the flute.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. There is a single deep cut mark at one end.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured hook.
Broken fishhook tab. Partially manufactured fishhook.
Broken curved fishhook point, most remaining except base.
Broken flute, longitudinal fragment remaining. This fragment could be a toggle. There are no perforations, and both ends are finished.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at both ends.