Event Highlight:
After Dark – Neon Nights
Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
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.
Bone point, distal end is sharp. Dot of black ink on back.
Broken point, tip remaining. Distal end is very sharp. Sheer white stain on the surface.
Complete bone bird spear point. Six barbs.
Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Epiphysis remaining on proximal end.
Broken awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal tip is broken. Partial epiphysis remaining on proximal end.
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.
Piece of straight worked bird bone, broken at one end and tapering to a point at the other end. Notch or barb on one side at the broken end. Possibly part of a broken bird spear point or fishhook point.
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 bird spear point, base remaining. There is a barb near the broken edge.
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.
