Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook. External edge is rounded, drill marks along internal edge.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Broken fishhook, part of shank remaining. Straight with triangular cross-section.
He kura
Piece of dentalium shell, broken at each end and hollow in the centre, possibly used as a pendant bead. White with grooves running the length of the shell.
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, one end remaining. There are three perforations.
Straight complete fishhook.
Complete curved fishhook. Notch on lower external face.
Curved Fishhook point. Missing tip.
Partially manufactured fishhook point.
Unidentified fishhook fragment
Complete straight fishhook point with large notch on one side and barb on the other.
Complete straight fishhook point with 1 notch at base and barb at point end.
Curved fishhook point fragment, base and most of point present, tip is not present. Notches on external side of base.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of straight bone, hollow at one end and split at the other end, worked to a point.
Complete curved bone point. Distal end is sharpened. There are striations on the front surface near the proximal end.
Piece of straight, hollow bone, one end is split and worked to a point.
Straight piece of bone.
Broken fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Complete gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
