Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at both ends, and serrated at one.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Serrated at both ends.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Serrated on both ends.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Both ends are finished. Deep striation at one end, and lighter striations in a diagonal pattern at the other end.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Serrated at both ends, with a large perforation through the centre of the fragment.
Whakarite kai
Broken moa bone fishhook, missing a fragment of the head. The head has an external knob remaining. The bend is flattened at the base, with a residue on the back of the bend. A suspension hole has been drilled in the head. The tip is blunt.
Unfinished toggle.
Piece of worked bone, broken on one end and tapered to a point on the other end. Cross section is quadrangular on the broken end and pentagonal at the pointed end. Surface is polished.
Complete but unfinished toggle, with no perforation.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook, broken.
Partially manufactured hook showing drill work.
Complete albatross bone awl. The proximal end is unworked. The distal end is sharpened toa blunt point.
Unidentified fishhook fragment. One side straight and one side curved. Notch at one end.
Broken fishhook, base and unidentified portion remaining. Curved at a right angle with some reduction at base.
Broken fishhook fragment, curved with unknown portion remaining.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob and shank knob at head.
Broken fishhook, unknown portion remaining. Curved and tapered toward one end with notch.
Broken fishhook, curved unknown portion remaining.
Fragment of curved fishhook point, possibly from one-piece fishhook. Broken at base and upper point.
