Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Manufactured from slender hollow bone.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.
Complete, double ended point. Both ends sharp, sides unfinished and rough.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the tip missing. It has an upper, internal barb.
Broken threader, long portion remaining with sharpened distal end. broken around the proximal end.
He kura
Broken bone pendant or cloak pin, middle portion remaining. Slightly curved. Broken suspension hole at the proximal end.
Straight piece of worked bone, broken at each end. Surface is polished.
Fragment of moa bone, worked into tab shape. Bottom edge showing curve.
Complete bone pendant. Curved with a suspension hole at one end.
Antiquities
Mostly complete straight fishhook point. Missing tip. Notch at base on external surface.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at tip. Notches at base. Shank knob
Broken straight fishhook point fragment. All remaining but base. Notch at shank.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Broken fishhook point fragment. Base and shank remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point fragment. All remaining but end of base.
Broken fish gorge, one sharpened end remaining.
Middle piece of fishhook tab
Broken needle, shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.
