Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Partially manufactured hook showing drill work.
Complete albatross bone awl. The proximal end is unworked. The distal end is sharpened toa blunt point.
Unidentified fishhook fragment. One side straight and one side curved. Notch at one end.
Broken fishhook, base and unidentified portion remaining. Curved at a right angle with some reduction at base.
Broken fishhook fragment, curved with unknown portion remaining.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob and shank knob at head.
Broken fishhook, unknown portion remaining. Curved and tapered toward one end with notch.
Broken fishhook, curved unknown portion remaining.
Fragment of curved fishhook point, possibly from one-piece fishhook. Broken at base and upper point.
Slab of worked bone. One end is filed down to a dull point.
Bone worked into a curved point. Epiphysis remaining at the proximal end. Surface is smooth on the internal side of the curve with grinding marks evident.
Piece of bone worked to a point at the distal end, broken at the proximal end. Triangular cross section.
Piece of bone worked to a point at the distal end and broken at the proximal end. Quadrangular cross section.
Piece of bone worked to a point at the distal end and broken at the proximal end.
Piece of bone worked into a point at the distal end and broken at the proximal end. Large cut mark on one side at the base of the point. Proximal end is quadrangular in cross section.
Piece of bone that has been worked into a point at the distal end. Broken and reduced on one side at the proximal end; proximal end is quadrangular in cross section. Surface is smooth with polishing marks visible.
Piece of bone worked to a broken point at one end
Cut length of moa bone.
Worked bone, shaped into fishhook tab, broken. No drill marks on surface, but end rounded.
Worked moa bone, shaped tab. No drill marks in surface, but end rounded.