Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
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Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point. Serrations along external side of point.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank above base remaining. Curved with knob on head.
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Bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole on the proximal end. Curved to a point on the distal end.
Complete tattoo chisel. The hafting end has sides that reduce to the end, with a perforation through the surface. The cutting end is sharp and curved, with small teeth. Cutting marks for the teeth on the back of the comb.
Complete composite fishhook point. Curved with internal barb and external notches at base.
Broken curved fishhook point fragment. All remaining but end of base. Perforation at base. Serrated bait knob on one side of shank.
Broken bone pendant, proximal end remaining. Curved with a suspension hole.
Straight piece of bone with half a perforation.
Complete curved fishhook barracouta point. Serrations on external side, from bait knob to tip.
Broken fishhook point, curved tip remaining.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at tip, external serrations at base.
Mostly complete curved fishhook point, upper tip not present.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the point remaining. It has an upper, internal barb that has serrations along the barb, up the point. It also has corresponding serrations on the exterior side of the point.
Complete curved fishhook point. End of base broken. Made from animal jaw, teeth perforations along one side.
Complete curved fishhook point. Small drill mark on side of base.
Partially manufactured fishhook. Drilled perforation through the middle of tab and partially formed knob on one side of the head.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the point and tip remaining. There is a split down the point.
Complete curved fishhook point fragment. End of base broken. Perforation through base. Serrations along both sides from tip to shank, serrations continue along one side to base.
Complete straight fishhook point. Barb on internal side of tip, notches on external side of base. Tip previously broken and repaired.
Complete curved fishhook point.