Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment. There are no perforations. This could be a fragment of a flute. Both ends are finished.
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, small longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished. There is a partial perforation remaining. Two diagonal striations.
Broken flute, small fragment of one end remaining. Striations on surface.
Broken flute, small fragment remaining. Striations in a double "V" pattern. Where previously broken, there is a visible repair.
Broken flute, small longitudinal fragment remaining, neither end intact. There are striations decorating the surface in a chevron pattern. Where previously broken there is a visible repair.
Partially manufactured fishhook.
Partially manufactured fishhook, with drill work near the centre of the tab.
Partially manufactured fishhook, showing drill work near head
Worked slab of moa bone, cut longitudinally.
Piece of worked moa bone. Rounded projection at one end.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point
Complete fishhook tab, sides smoothed but not shaped. There are drill marks on both sides.
Complete bone point, stout. Distal end comes to a point that is chipped. Proximal end is wide and thick. There is a groove across the surface where the point meets the proximal end.
Complete flute. There are four perforations, three grouped together along the top of the flute, followed by a drill mark. The fourth perforation is at one end. There are striations in a chevron pattern across the surface
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at both ends, both ends serrated.
Broken tab. Smoothed on top, bottom and external side. Internal side features large drill marks.
Cut slab of moa bone. Cutting mark on one end.
Broken fishhook tab. Top, bottom and external side are smoothed, circular drill marks along internal side.
Broken fishhook tab. Top, bottom and external side are shaped and smoothed. Circular drill marks along broken edge.
