Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining, tip not present.
Partially manufactured fishhook.
Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with notches at base.
Fishhook point is mostly complete; broken at base. Fishhook point fragment is straight. Both edges of the tip are serrated, and the external edge of the fragment is serrated. There is one internal barb near the tip.
Complete worked shell. A perforation hole is drilled off centre in the shell. The exterior edge is chipped.
Complete curved fishhook point with two notches present on external portion. Distinct crack running vertically on fishhook also.
Complete fish gorge.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Partially manufactured hook.
Broken tab, partially manufactured hook, notched.
Complete bone shank, roughly triangular cross-section. At head, there is a perforation through apex, but top of perforation cuts through apex.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured one-piece fishhook. Drill marks on back. Working at top, shaping head of shank.
Complete awl. Epiphysis on the proximal end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.
Partially manufactured hook, broken tab.
Broken threader, larger than usual. One end is pointed, the other looks pointed but unfinished.
Broken shank, shank remaining broken at base. Knobs on shank head.
Complete fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Partially manufactured hook. Broken tab.