Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Fishhook point is incomplete; tip missing. Fishhook point fragment is curved. Obviously made from a mandible; dental alveoli present on internal edge.
Fishhook point is incomplete; only base remaining. The base is pointed, and there are two internal notches.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete fish gorge.
Complete bird spear point. Has five barbs. Has four serrations on the base with one that goes half way through the base. Red stains on one side.
Complete bone bird spear point. Four barbs with serrations.
Complete bone point. Manufactured from hollow bone, one end is smoothed and finished, the other end is sharpened to a dull point.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base.
Broken fish gorge, one sharpened end remaining. Both sides around the medial portion are serrated.
Complete straight fishhook point with 2 large notches at base. Large barb present.
Broken bird spear point. Tip and middle of the shaft remains, with two barbs.
Complete straight fishhook point with very wide notch at base portion. Serrations are present from barb to the end point. Note: bone has broken and been glued back together just near the barb area.
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Complete tattoo chisel. There are three deep curved notches on each side and the poll end of the chisel, forming two prongs. There are fine, sharp teeth along the cutting edge.
Complete curved fishhook point. There are serrations from the tip to 2.5cm from base on external side.
Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a fine point. Epiphysis remains at the proximal end.
Complete, curved fishhook point. It has an internal barb in the middle of the point and lower, external notches.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, external barb and lower, external notches.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, very tip of point broken off. There is a long eye sawn through proximal end. Proximal end is also pointed.