Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Seal tooth, root and small part of tooth tip remaining. Surface is weathered.
Seal tooth, small part broken off base of root, which is hollow.
Seal tooth, split in half with a cut mark at the base of the root.
Seal tooth, split in half
Broken seal tooth, root and small part of tip remaining. Split and worn at the distal end, with pulp exposed.
Complete seal tooth
Large hollow seal tooth, broken at the base of the root.
Complete seal tooth. Reduced and worked around the distal end of the root. Surface polished.
Seal tooth, which has been filed smooth at the base of the root.
Set of three seal teeth. All are hollow and broken at the root.
He kura
Seal tooth pendant with suspension hole at the root end.
Complete unworked seal tooth. Point chipped off.
Complete unworked seal tooth. Point blunt.
Complete seal tooth and root.
Worked seal tooth, broken at each end. Longitudinal saw marks on each side edge.
Seal tooth. Split in half with a heavily weathered surface.
Seal tooth, broken at the root, which is solid. Longitudinal saw mark along each side.
Complete fishhook point, curved with internal and external serrations and perforation at base.
Complete fishhook point made from a seal's tooth. Perforation at the base. One external barb and one internal barb, both with serrations. Serrations run external edge of point and a knob near the base.
