Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Epiphysis on proximal end. Distal end is fine and sharp.
Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Partial epiphysis on proximal end. Distal end is fine and sharp.
He kura
Bone pendant, broken at the proximal end. Curved to a point at the distal end.
Complete shank although the very tip of the head is missing. There is a perforation at the bottom of the base and all along the shank are corresponding notches on both sides.
Whakarite kai
Broken tab of complete fishhook. Point, tip and portion of centre broken off. Seven drill holes evident and large shank knob present at the head.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Complete, curved fishhook point. It has a lower, exterior basal notch.
Curved complete fishhook point.
Broken, curved fishhook with the head, shank and base remaining. There is an upper, interior knob at the bottom of the head and an exterior knob on top of the head.
Complete seal tooth
Seal tooth, split in half.
Seal tooth, split in half and broken at the tooth tip.
Seal tooth, split in half and broken at the root of the base.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knobs on head of shank.
Large seal tooth, split in half, with prominent natural ridges at the base of the root.
Unfinished fishhook point. Partially and roughly manufactured fishhook point.
Broken one-piece fishhook. Shank and base remaining. Knobs on head of shank.
Broken curved fishhook point. Long, slender point from large base. Single notch on external side of base.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.