Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
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.
Taoka Puoro
Complete flute, with small fragments missing from either end. There are three perforations along the top. There is a drill mark at the proximal end. The distal end is darker than the proximal end.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knobs on head of shank.
He kura
Bone - bird. Proximal end squared with perforation drilled both sides. Distal end broken. 8 notches left side, 7 right side. HD Skinner comments, notches may be ornamental and object a pendant.
Cut length of bone, epiphysis on one end.
Complete bone pendant with suspension hole. Slightly curved at both ends
Complete awl. Chipped at the proximal end.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Broken awl, medial portion remaining. Broken at tip and proximal end.
Broken fish gorge, one sharpened end remaining.
Length of worked bone, cut at one end. Partial epiphysis on the other.
Bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Complete awl.
Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Cracked at proximal end.
Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp.
Complete awl, slender. Epiphysis remaining on the proximal end.
Bone point. Distal end is sharp, with sides and proximal end rough and unfinished.
