Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete bone bird spear point. Four barbs.
Bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Four barbs remaining.
Complete, curved fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.
Broken, fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and two notches on either side of the point in the middle. The base is missing.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.
He kura
Broken bone comb glued onto a piece of wood. Head is square with straight edges. Seven teeth are all broken in multiple pieces. Teeth are rounded at the distal end.
Broken straight fishhook point fragment. All remaining but shank and point. Notches at base
Complete fishhook point fragment. Broken at base. Internal barb at tip.
Complete bone awl, chipped at the proximal end
Complete bone awl, chipped at the proximal end.
Bone point or shellfish picker. Manufactured from slender hollow bone, pointed at both ends.
Broken bone point, sharpened distal end remaining. Manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken bone point, sharpened distal end remaining.
Complete bone point.
Complete bone point or shellfish picker.
Broken bone point or shellfish picker. Sharpened distal end remaining.
