Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken curved fishhook point fragment, with most remaining except tip and base. Serrations along external edge.
He kura
Curved bone pendant, mostly complete except for small piece broken off of suspension hole. Has been previously broken on the upper portion and glued back together.
Partially manufactured hook
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a small circular eye at the proximal end. Thickness reduced, but width increased at proximal end.
Broken needle, shaft and distal end remaining. Distal end is sharp. Broken at eye, thickness reduced at proximal end.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external lower side.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb near tip.
Broken, fishhook point fragment with the tip missing. The upper point is serrated on the exterior side.
Broken fishhook point, base and mid point remaining, tip not present.
Complete bird spear point. Six barbs run the length of the shaft.
Mostly complete threader, broken around the proximal end. There are two striations in the surface at the proximal end.
Complete fish gorge. Small notch on one side at one end.
Mostly complete fish gorge, fragment missing along one side.
Incomplete straight bone pendant. Rounded at one end and coming to a point at an oblique angle at the other end. Slight indentation on one side.
Broken needle, shaft and distal end remaining, in two pieces broken at mid point. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end is broken at the eye.
Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a fine point.
Mostly complete threader, broken around the proximal end.
Complete threader.
Unfinished toggle. Finished at one end, chipped at the other. Crack running length of toggle.
