Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete point. One end is finished and smoothed, the other is sharpened to a point.
Cut length of bone, epiphysis on one end. Striations around cut edge.
Complete toggle, finished at both ends. Perforation at one end.
Complete awl. Epiphysis on the proximal end.
Complete bone bird spear point. Three barbs. Six notches on one side of the base.
He kura
Broken bone pendant, upper portion remaining. Burnt and curved with a suspension hole at one end.
Mostly complete bird spear point made from bird bone. Four complete barbs remaining and one broken barb.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. Internal barb near tip.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base, internal barb near tip.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. Internal barb near tip.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. Barb on internal side near tip.
Mostly complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. Broken barb near tip.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on the external side of the base. Internal barb near tip.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base, internal side of base reduced. Internal barb near tip.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. Internal barb near tip.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on the external side of base. Shallow internal barb near tip.
Broken straight fishhook point, base remaining. Notches on external side of base.
