Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete straight fishhook point with internal barb.
Broken needle, shaft and proximal end remaining. Broken at tip, and there is a visible repair halfway up the shaft where previously broken. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
Mostly complete curved fishhook point, tip not present. Notches on external side of base.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete straight fishhook point, external notch on side of base. Slightly chipped at base.
Broken fishhook point, fragment of base remaining. Large point basal barb.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the base and lower point remaining. It has a external, lower basal notch.
Piece of hollow worked bone, pointed at one end. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident.
Piece of straight hollow bone, broken at each end and worked to a blunt point at one end.
Broken point, slightly curved and manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken threader, long portion remaining. Distal end is sharp, broken around the proximal end.
Complete threader, pointed at both ends. Tip of one end chipped.
Broken threader, long portion remaining. Broken around the proximal end.
Broken needle, shaft and proximal end remaining. Distal end is broken at tip. There is a small, circular eye through the proximal end.
Complete, curved fishhook point.
Broken fish gorge, one pointed end remaining. Very slight serrations along one side of the tip.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the upper point remaining and interior serrations.
Mostly complete fishhook point, with all remaining except very base. Notches present at base.
Complete, curved fishhook point. It is mostly dark but light in patches. There is a lower, exterior, serrated notch and above this notch the exterior side of the point is all notched.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip remaining. It has an upper, exterior barb that is serrated, the exterior side of the upper point is serrated as well.
