Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Partially manufactured fishhook
Broken one-piece fishhook, part of tip and head not present. Bait notch at base.
Complete one-piece fishhook. Knobs at head and notches at tip.
Complete one-piece fishhook. Knob at head and incurved tip.
Partially manufactured one-piece fishhook. Drilled hole in centre.
Complete fishhook point. Barbed with knob at base. Slightly curved.
Dentalium shell necklace bead. Broken at each end and hollow in the centre. White with a smooth surface. Seven perforations at the wider end.
Dentalium shell necklace bead. Broken at each end. Hollow at the wider end with a plug of dark material on the narrow end. White with a smooth surface.
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Mostly complete burnt shark tooth pendant. One intact suspension hole and one broken suspension hole at root. Naturally-occurring serrations along each side of the tooth tip.
Complete bone pendant. Circular and rectangular paua inlays. Suspension hole and notch at proximal end. Slightly tapered to one side at the distal end.
Mostly complete burnt shark tooth pendant. One intact suspension hole and one broken suspension hole at the root. Naturally-occurring serrations along both sides of the tooth tip.
Mostly complete shark tooth pendant. Burnt with one broken suspension hole and one intact suspension hole at the root. Naturally-occurring serrations along the sides from the gum line to the tip.
Broken straight fishhook point, base remaining. Notches, becoming serrations, along external side.
Broken fishhook point with incurved point. Base and shaft remaining.
Mostly complete curved fishhook point, with small break at base.
Broken fishhook point with base remaining. Notches present on one side.
Mostly complete curved fishhook point, lower remaining, missing upper tip.
Broken fishhook point with incurved point. Tip and shaft remaining.
Complete curved fishhook point
