Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete bird spear point. Three barbs.
Bone bird spear point, broken and splintered at each end. Three barbs remaining.
Bird spear point, broken at the tip. Two barbs. Serrations along barbed side.
Bone bird spear point, broken at the tip. Two barbs remaining. Notches along side between barbs. Single notch at base of other side. Base comes to a point.
Broken bird spear point. Tip of shaft and base of shaft broken. There are three barbs along the middle of the shaft.
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Complete bone pendant or cloak pin. Curved to a point at the distal end. Surface is polished. Suspension hole at the proximal end. Slight kink carved about one third of the way below the suspension hole.
Broken bone point, tip remaining.
Complete double ended point.
Broken bone point, manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken tab, partially manufactured hook.
Partially manufactured hook.
Partially manufactured fishhook. Curved with drill marks along one side. Burnt.
Broken fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook.
Partially manufactured hook that has been broken but has been repaired.
Broken curved fishhook point. Base and point of tip broken, notches on external side of base.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the upper point and tip remaining. It has an upper, internal barb and upper, external notches along the tip.
Broken, straight fishhook with the lower point remaining. There are lower, external notches.
Broken shank, possibly from one-piece fishhook. Knobs on head of shank.
Complete shank with a knob at the head and a shank basal notch.
Broken shank, small fragment remaining, possibly of one-piece fishhook. Broken at base and head.
