Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Bone bird spear point, proximal end with three barbs remaining.
Complete bird spear point with four barbs. Notches on bottom two barbs and at base.
Bone bird spear point, broken at the distal end. Two complete barbs and one broken barb. Notches along both sides.
Bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Single complete barb. Broken barb and groove at the proximal end.
Broken bird spear point, distal end remaining. Single barb. Notches along both sides.
Broken bird spear point, proximal end remaining. Notches along both sides.
Bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Two barbs remaining.
Broken bird spear point, distal end remaining. Single barb remaining with notches along sides.
Broken bird spear point, distal end with single barb remaining.
Complete barbed bone point with notches at base.
Complete awl. Distal end is reduced to a fine point.
Complete awl. Epiphysis remaining on the proximal end.
Taoka Puoro
Mostly complete but unfinished flute. One end is chipped. There are no perforations. There are cracks from the chipped end into the middle of the flute.
Awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is pointed. Large fragment missing from proximal end.
Complete bone point. Cutting mark visible at one end, the other end is sharpened into a fine point.
Complete fishhook point. Curved with notches at base.
Fishhook tab, external edges have been partially shaped into fishhook shape. Chip broken off along bottom edge.
Complete toggle, chipped at both ends, with one end missing a fragment. There is a single perforation. The surface is decorated with striations in a cross-hatched pattern. Bone is burned.