Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Partially manufactured hook.
Slab of worked bone. One end is filed down to a dull point.
Bone worked into a curved point. Epiphysis remaining at the proximal end. Surface is smooth on the internal side of the curve with grinding marks evident.
Piece of bone worked to a point at the distal end, broken at the proximal end. Triangular cross section.
Piece of bone worked to a point at the distal end and broken at the proximal end. Quadrangular cross section.
Piece of bone worked to a point at the distal end and broken at the proximal end.
Piece of bone worked into a point at the distal end and broken at the proximal end. Large cut mark on one side at the base of the point. Proximal end is quadrangular in cross section.
Piece of bone that has been worked into a point at the distal end. Broken and reduced on one side at the proximal end; proximal end is quadrangular in cross section. Surface is smooth with polishing marks visible.
Piece of bone worked to a broken point at one end
Cut length of moa bone.
He kura
Mostly complete bone pendant, broken at the distal end. Straight with suspension hole at proximal end.
Broken needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Broken at the proximal end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, where there is a drilled, circular eye.
Large curved piece of worked bone, broken at one end and tapered at the other end.
Fishhook point is complete. It is curved inwards. Fishhook point has one external notch at base.
Fishhook point is mostly complete, but missing the very tip. Fishhook point fragment is curved. It has three external notches at base.
Fishhook point is complete. It is curved, with a notch at the base.
Fishhook point is complete. Is is curved, and the point is angled forwards. It has one small notch at the base.
Broken fishhook point, tip not present. Curved with a large base.