Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Worked bone, shaped into fishhook tab, broken. No drill marks on surface, but end is rounded.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Fishhook is incomplete; all remaining except tip. Fishhook fragment has previously been broken and glued together. It has one internal knob on shank. Head has one exterior knob and one exterior notch.
Fishhook is incomplete; all remaining except tip. Fishhook fragment has previously been broken and glued together. It has one internal knob.
Fishhook is incomplete; all remaining except tip. Fishhook fragment has an internal knob near head, and an external knob at head. It has previously been broken and glued together.
Fishhook is incomplete; head and tip missing. Fishhook fragment has one internal knob near head. It has a bait notch at base.
Shank is incomplete; broken at base. Shank fragment has an internal knob near head, and an external knob at head.
Fishhook point is incomplete; broken at base. Fishhook point fragment tip is curved inwards.
Fishhook is incomplete; shank and tip are missing. Fishhook has a bait notch at base.
Shank is incomplete; broken at base and head. Fragment has one internal notch near head.
Fishhook fragment, unclear what portion is remaining. Curved.
Broken, curved shank with the upper shank and hear remaining. It has a knob at the head.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the point and tip remaining.
Complete, curved fishhook point.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip and part of base not present.
Complete, curved fishhook point with one large notch and two smaller notches; all at the base.
Piece of worked bone, pointed at one end.
Piece of straight, hollow worked bone. Broken at both ends, with one end worked to a point on one side. Cross section is triangular.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the base missing. It has some reductions on the side where areas are thinner and flatter.
Fishhook point is not complete. Tip missing. Fishhook point is curved.