Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
One piece fishhook fragment, shank and base remain. Missing point, tip, head and knob.
Complete seal femur. No damage evident.
Rākau o te riri
Complete patu paraoa. Perforations and some ornamental grooves on butt. Small pieces of blade have broken off.
Piece of worked bone. One side has an incised anthropomorphic figure incised on it, with drilled eyes. Proximal edges outlines the head and body of the figure. Other side has a small half-circular shape in one corner. Side edges are flattened. Distal end has sawing marks in an upside down V-shape and is broken off in the centre. Surface has been ground smooth.
He kura
Bone pendant, broken at distal end with a knob at proximal end.
Complete straight fishhook point. Single notch on external side of base. Large internal barb.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. Internal barb.
Broken fishhook point, lower remaining. Notches on external side of base.
Mostly complete straight fishhook point. Weather. Barb broken off.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb and external serrations at base.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Notches on external side of base.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining.
Complete straight fishhook point. Single notch at the side of base, serrated rest of side. Internal barb.
Taoka Puoro
Complete flute. There are four perforations, three along the top, and one at the end. Groups of diagonal striations wrap around the flute. There is a crack that runs through the perforations, and others along the length of the flute.
Very curved point, probably broken off from a One piece fishhook.
Unidentified fishhook fragment that could possibly be a tab. Groove present at bottom portion running horizontally.
Broken shank, broken at base, possibly of one-piece fishhook. Internal and external knobs on head. Previously broken in two pieces at mid-shank, repair visible. Broken shank with most remaining except base. Break in middle glued back together.
Broken straight fishhook point, mid and base remaining. Notches at external base.