Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb which is serrated from the barb to the tip. The exterior side is also serrated from the tip to the base where there are notches. There is also a notch on the base on the interior side.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an middle, interior barb. It also has lower, exterior notches.
Complete straight fishhook. Large internal barb.
Complete fishhook point, straight with two serrated barbs and notches at base.
Complete fishhook point, straight with serrated barb and notches along one side from tip to base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Small internal notch near base. Two internal barbs, with serrations from lower barb to tip. Two external barbs, with serrations from lower barb to tip.
Complete fishhook point, straight and barbed. Serrations becoming notches from tip to base along one side. Serrations below barb on other side.
Bone point. Manufactured from hollow bone. On end is sharpeded to a point. Hollow is filled with substance, probably dirt.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Tip is sharpened.
Partially manufactured hook.
Broken one-piece fishhook. Broken at either end, could be shank or point.
Complete, curved shank. Slight deterioration at one end.
Almost complete one-piece fishhook. Point and tip appear to have broken off. Base and knob portion present. Base has visible crack where the fishhook has been glued back together.
Broken curved fishhook point, with all remaining except head and base. Shank knob and knob at head. External barb at base.
Complete shank, it has a lower, exterior barb and one knob on either side of head as well as a knob on top of the head.
Broken one-piece fishhook with shank remaining. Three knobs at head. Surface has been worked smooth.
Complete shank. There is an external knob on the head of the shank, and two fine, internal knobs.
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Mostly complete bone one-piece fishhook, small piece broken off the head. Knob and shank knob at the head. Bait notch on the external side of the base. Incurved tip.
One-piece fishhook, small part of tip broken off. Knob at head. Bait notch at base.
Complete bone one-piece fishhook. Knob and shank knob at the head. Bait notch on the external edge of the point. Internal tip.