Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete straight fishhook point fragment. Made from animal bone, teeth perforations through shank.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. All remaining but tip. Serrated on one side of shank. Notch at base.
Straight, serrations along one side.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notched at external side of base. Small external barb.
Complete straight fishhook point. Serrated along shank and base.
Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. All remaining but base, barb at shank and notches at base.
Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. All remaining but tip. Serrations at base
Complete straight fishhook point. Serrated at base.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. All remaining but tip.
Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. All remaining but base, barb at tip.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Notches on external side of base. Small barbs on external and internal.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Notches and serrations on external side of base.
Complete straight fishhook point. Barb at tip, notches at base.
Broken fishhook point. Curved and burnt with external serrations.
Complete straight fishhook point fragment. Serrated at base, edge of tip broken.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Notches on external side of base.
Complete one-piece fishhook with incurved point, shank knob and external knob at head.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow, straight bone, worked to a blunt point.
Broken curved shank. Fragment is missing from head, though shaping where knob meets head is remaining. Small notch just before break at base.
