Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken threader, tip remaining.
Complete bone bird spear point. Three barbs. Notch on bottom barb and at base.
Complete bone bird spear point. Five barbs. Serrations on bottom barb and at base.
Mostly complete bird spear point, small part of tip not present. Five barbs. Serrations along the barbed side and at base.
Complete fish gorge.
Broken fish gorge, one end remaining.
Mostly complete threader, pointed at both ends, but tips are broken off.
Complete bone point. Distal end has one sharpened point. The proximal end has one rough side, and one smoothed side.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base.
Broken bone bird spear point, upper portion remaining. Four barbs.
Complete bone bird spear point. Has previously been broken in two pieces and glued back together. Seven barbs. Serrations on top barb and at base.
Complete straight fishhook point with two wide notches at base and barb on oppose site at point portion.
Complete bone point, distal end sharpened.
Broken bone point, tip remaining, distal end sharpened.
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Complete Patu in very good condition, it is slightly discoloured in some parts. The Patu is long and flat. The Hole at the bottom of the butt has been drilled in from both sides.
Complete kahawai lure. Curved paua shell shank with serrations along edges. Muka lashings and twisted cord at head and base. Straight bone point with internal barb and external notch. Point and lashings at base appear to be burnt.
He kura
Curved bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole.
Shank fragment has base and internal shank remaining.
Mostly complete shank, but broken at lower end. Internal and external knobs at head. Internal notches on upper shank.