Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Fishhook is incomplete; base remaining. One side has external serration.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notch on external side of base, internal base slightly reduced.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base, and internal barb.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base, with internal barb near tip.
Fishhook point is incomplete; tip missing. Fishhook point fragment is curved. Obviously made from a mandible; dental alveoli present on internal edge.
Fishhook point is incomplete; only base remaining. The base is pointed, and there are two internal notches.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Serrations along external and internal sides.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete fish gorge.
Complete bird spear point. Has five barbs. Has four serrations on the base with one that goes half way through the base. Red stains on one side.
Complete bone bird spear point. Four barbs with serrations.
Complete bone point. Manufactured from hollow bone, one end is smoothed and finished, the other end is sharpened to a dull point.
Broken fish gorge, one sharpened end remaining. Both sides around the medial portion are serrated.
Complete straight fishhook point with 2 large notches at base. Large barb present.
Broken bird spear point. Tip and middle of the shaft remains, with two barbs.
Complete straight fishhook point with very wide notch at base portion. Serrations are present from barb to the end point. Note: bone has broken and been glued back together just near the barb area.
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Complete tattoo chisel. There are three deep curved notches on each side and the poll end of the chisel, forming two prongs. There are fine, sharp teeth along the cutting edge.
