Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Worked bone, shaped into fishhook tab, broken. No drill marks on surface, but end is rounded.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Piece of worked bone, pointed at one end.
Piece of straight, hollow worked bone. Broken at both ends, with one end worked to a point on one side. Cross section is triangular.
Very large piece of bone worked to a point at one end. Surface is polished at the point and worn on the rest of the piece.
Slab of bone, reduced and worked to a point at one end. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident.
Unfinished fishhook point. Large, with incurved tip. Previously broken near tip, visible repair.
Unfinished curved fishhook point.
Unfinished fishhook point.
Unfinished fishhook point, large, unknown fragment.
Complete bone shank from composite fishhook. Rectangular cross-section. Perforation at head. Six large notches at base.
Complete fishhook point. Straight with notches at base.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank and base remaining. Knobs on head of shank.
Complete, large moa bone point. Distal end sharpened to a point.
Complete but unfinished toggle. Finished at both ends with no perforation.
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.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knobs on head of shank.
Unfinished fishhook point. Partially and roughly manufactured fishhook point.
Broken one-piece fishhook. Shank and base remaining. Knobs on head of shank.