Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete bone point. Tip is pointed, the other end is finished and smoothed.
Bone point. Tip is pointed.
Mostly complete bone point or shellfish picker, manufactured from hollow bone. Broken around the proximal end.
Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Manufactured from slender hollow bone. There are two visible repairs where previously broken.
Complete threader. There is a longitudinal crack from distal to proximal end.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining, with knob at head.
Bone bird spear point, small part missing at base. Three barbs.
Mostly complete fish gorge, one tip broken off.
Partially manufactured fishhook.
Partially manufactured fishhook with sawing marks
He kura
Broken bone comb, most of head and two teeth remaining. Two other teeth are broken at the head. Surface is polished smooth, with polishing marks evident.
Complete curved fishhook point. Barbed with notches at base.
Complete straight fishhook point with large notch and serrations on one side, and small barb on the other side.
Broken bone point, sharpened distal end remaining. Tip reduced to a short and fine point.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches. It has a lower, internal barb too.
Mahi whakairo
Complete gouge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken bone point, sharpened distal end remaining. Broken at the proximal end and manufactured from hollow bone.
Mostly complete threader. Fragment missing from the proximal end. Small cracks at the proximal end.
Mostly complete threader, tip of distal end broken.
