Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. External and internal barbs near tip. with serrations on both sides from barbs to tip.
Circular whale vertebra with four drilled holes. The upper hole has an irregular shape. The front face has residual bone remaining.
He kura
Worked bone, function unknown, possibly a pendant. Straight with triangular cross-section. One end is cut as an oblique angle and the other end has worn away. Surface is flaking.
Complete bone pendant resembling a fishhook point. Curved with a suspension hole. Sides are barbed and serrated.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, with a latitudinal groove 37mm from the tip. There is a long, sawn eye near the proximal end that comes to a point.
Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. Point portion present only.
Complete curved fishhook point with perforation at base end. Barb present on external portion of fishhook.
Complete, curved fishhook point that is made from jaw bone.
Complete, curved fishhook point.
Partially manufactured hook tab. Only one half of the tab is present. Distinct impressions within the internal section.
Fishhook point fragment is curved with all but base remaining.
Complete, curved fishhook point. The exterior side is completely serrated and has an upper barb and a lower notch.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notch on lower side of base.
Complete straight fishhook point, small. Notches on external side of base, internal barb near tip.
Whakarite kai
Unfinished harpoon head with single barb and bifid base. Cross-section is oval. Missing perforation through centre, barb and tip unsharpened.
Broken curved fishhook point, broken at base and tip. Small notch at base.
Broken shank, base with lower shank and point remaining. "Long Beach"
