Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point. Vertical, flat side of internal base with a notch on the external side.
Broken curved fishhook point, all but tip remaining.
Complete curved fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone. Both ends sharpened.
Possible fishhook point, serrations on both sides.
Fishhook tab, middle piece.
Broken point, shaft remaining. There is a deep groove around the end. Long fragment missing from the side. The surface of the bone is smoothed.
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Broken shark tooth pendant. Broken drilled suspension hole at the root. Sides of the root are straight, with natural serrations along the sides of the tooth.
Small ring of worked dentalium shell used as a necklace bead. Three grooves around the sides.
Small ring of worked dentalium shell, used as a necklace bead. Three grooves around the sides, small piece of one side broken off.
Point of bird bone. Tip is very sharp, other end is rough, possibly broken.
Broken point, tip remaining. Bone is worn, tip is dull.
Complete point. Tip is dull, other end is rough. Bone is worn.
Point, tip is sharp.
Complete point. The tip is reduced on both sides, coming to a sharp point.
Bone point. Tip is sharp, the other end is rough and possibly broken.
Complete point. Tip is sharp.
Fragment of point, end of shaft remaining. Notched on one side
Bone point, worked to a point on both ends.
Broken point, tip remaining.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Point is sharp.