Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Unidentified fishhook fragment, broken at both ends. Partial perforation at break. Perforations along internal side.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
Broken straight fishhook point, midsection remaining, broken at both ends and portion of barb.
He kura
Straight bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Other end is cut at an oblique angle and comes to a point.
Bird spear point, broken at each end. Single barb.
Piece of straight worked bone, broken at one end tapered to a point at the other end.
Mostly complete bird spear point, small part broken off each end. Previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Three barbs.
Unfinished bird spear point, broken at each end. One complete barb and one incomplete barb.
Broken bird spear point, tip with two barbs remaining
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished. There are two X marks and one diagonal striation on the surface.
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.