Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Partially manufactured hook showing drill work.
Complete bird spear point. The tip of the point is slightly chipped. There are five barbs present. There are also cracks along the surface of the bone.
Bone bird spear point, broken at the tip. Two barbs. Notches on one side of the base.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Perforation through base. Serrations on external side before break.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye at the proximal end, cracked on one side.
Complete, curved fishhook point. It has an exterior basal notch.
Complete, curved fishhook point.
Complete bone hook from barracouta fishhook. The hook comes to a blunt point.
Complete curved fishhook point
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete fishhook point. Curved with broad base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Small part of tip not present.
Complete, straight fishhook point, it was split in two but has been glued back together. It has an upper, internal barb and the lower point is a lot wider than the base.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob and shank knobs at head.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob and shank knob at head.
Broken one-piece fishhook, part of tip and head not present. Bait notch at base. Burnt.
Large fragment of moa bone, distal end coming to a point. Sides of distal point are smoothed.
Partially manufactured fishhook with two full, and one partial, perforation.