Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Middle-piece of tab.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Notches on external side of base.
Broken one-piece fishhook, base and part of point remaining, broken at tip.
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Broken straight bone pendant, lower portion remaining.
Broken fish gorge, medial portion remaining. Circular cross-section.
Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with notches at base.
Complete bone pendant with suspension hole. Groups of ornamental grooves at proximal end and at mid-shaft.
Complete curved fishhook point. One external knob with 16 serrations above this to the tip. 1 perforation in the base.
Complete curved fishhook point. 1 external knob with 13 serrations above this to the tip. 1 knob on the very base, and a perforation.
Complete curved fishhook point. 14 serrations from just above the base running to just below the tip externally. Hollowed in the base.
Complete straight fishhook point. 1 barb near the tip. 2 large notches with a small notch in between on the opposite edge to the barb.
Broken straight fishhook point. All elements except the tip is present. 1 barb near the tip. 3 large notches at the base on the opposite edge.
Complete curved fishhook point. 2 internal barbs, 1 near the tip and one near the base, and 2 external barbs both nearer the base. 1 external notch at the base.
Complete straight fishhook point. 1 internal barb near the tip. 1 external barb near the base, with 2 notches below that.
Complete curved fishhook point. 1 perforation in the base. About 6 external serrations down from the tip.
Bone carving, possibly a fragment of a hair comb. Eye, nose, mouth, and tongue depicted. Appears to be broken off on one side of the eye and below the mouth.
Broken bone point, chipped down one side. The distal end is sharp.
Unfinished needle, proximal end has thickness reduced but no eye.
Complete straight fishhook point. 1 barb with 2 notches above it to the tip. The opposite edge has 3 notches at the base, and 5 serrations on the point nearer the tip. The whole point is covered in small irregular abrasions
Complete one-piece fishhook. Knob on external head of shank.