Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn eye at the proximal end, cracked above.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Worked bone
Complete bone point. Epiphysis remains at the proximal end, the distal end sharpened to a fine point.
Piece of worked bone, previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Proximal end has two large notches on one side edge. Tapers to the distal end, which is broken.
Broken threader, most remaining, large fragment of proximal end broken. There is a partial perforation at the broken edge with a crack running from the partial perforation to the sharpened distal end.
Broken needle, proximal end and shaft remaining. Slight upwards curve to shaft. Broken at the distal end. Some pink staining on surface around distal end.
Broken needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There is a very shallow groove around the proximal end.
Broken needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end broken at the eye.
Broken needle, proximal end remaining. Drilled, circular eye.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye roughly 2cm from the end.
Broken needle. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end broken around the eye, which partially remains, drilled and circular.
Complete needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.
He kura
Broken bone pendant, broken at one end. Curved with a suspension hole at one end. Some pink discoloration on the surface and glue residue.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Incomplete shank fragment; broken at tip. There is one external knob at the head.
Complete straight fishhook point. 4 notches at the base on one edge, one notch on the opposite edge.
Complete fishhook point, straight and barbed with notches at base.
Broken curved fishhook, with tip remaining and base not present.
Unworked fishhook tab, partially manufactured hook.
