Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete albatross bone awl. The proximal end is unworked. The distal end is sharpened toa blunt point.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow bone, broken and split at each end. One end has been worked to a rounded, flattened point. Polishing marks evident on the surface around the point. Crack running the length of the bone on one side.
Piece of hollow, straight bone. One end is split and worked to a sharp point.
Complete bone point. Epiphysis remaining on the proximal end.
Broken threader, one sharpened end remaining.
Complete threader. One end is pointed, the other is reduced on but the tip is flattened with a slight notch.
Complete threader or needle. Distal end is sharp. The proximal end is reduced to a single thickness that has a horizontally sawn eye.
Broken threader, long portion remaining, sharpened at the distal end.
Broken threader, long portion remaining, pointed at one end. Chipped at the proximal end.
Mostly complete threader, chipped at the proximal end.
Complete fish gorge.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye. There is a crack approximately 3.5cm from the tip.
Mostly complete fish gorge, one end chipped.
Broken gorge, one end remaining.
Mostly complete fish gorge, one tip missing. Sides are uneven.
Broken fish gorge, one end remaining.
Unfinished needle. The distal end is sharp, with rough, unfinished sides to shaft.