Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
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Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point. There are serrations from the tip to 2.5cm from base on external side.
Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a fine point. Epiphysis remains at the proximal end.
Complete, curved fishhook point. It has an internal barb in the middle of the point and lower, external notches.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, external barb and lower, external notches.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.
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Complete kinked bone pendant with suspension hole.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, very tip of point broken off. There is a long eye sawn through proximal end. Proximal end is also pointed.
Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp.
Broken needle, distal end remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a deep drill mark on one side of the proximal end.
Broken needle, shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharp. The proximal end is broken at the eye.
Unfinished needle, distal end is sharp. There is a slight reduction at the proximal end.
Broken needle. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end is broken at the eye.
Complete point. End of shaft is smoothed and finished, the other end is sharpened to a point, the tip of which is broken off.
Bone point. Tip is sharpened.
Complete bone point. Pointed at one end, and finished at the other. Point is dulled.
Straight bone point. Tip is sharp, the other end is rough and broken.
Complete bone point. The tip is pointed, the other is finished and smoothed. Cutting mark at this end.