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Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Epiphysis on the proximal end, distal end is fine and sharp.
Bone point, broken at the proximal end.
Complete awl or shellfish picker. Epiphysis on the proximal end.
Broken bone point, proximal end remaining. Manufactured from hollow bone.
Worked piece of bone coming to a sharpened point at the lower edge.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip missing. It has an lower, exterior notch above which the exterior side is serrated.
Broken awl or shellfish picker, shaft and proximal end remaining. Epiphysis on proximal end.
Complete awl or shellfish picker, shaft and proximal end remaining. Epiphysis on proximal end.
Complete bone point. There is a small notch on either side of the proximal end. The distal end is sharp, and curved outwards.
Shank is complete. It has one internal knob and one external knob at the head.
Fishhook point is incomplete. Tip is missing. Fishhook point fragment is curved.
Fishhook point is incomplete; broken at base. Fishhook point fragment is curved.
Fishhook point is incomplete; broken at tip. Fishhook point fragment is curved.
Partially manufactured fishhook.
Taoka Puoro
Unfinished flute. This length of bone is cut but not smoothed on both ends, there are chips at both ends. There are two partial perforations.
Complete fishhook point, straight with notches at base.
Complete fish gorge.
Complete fishhook point, straight and barbed, notches at base.
Complete, curved fishhook point with an upper, external barb that has notches along it and lower, external notches.
Unfinished one-piece fishhook point, still joined between tip of point and head of shank. Knob at head.
