Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
He kura
Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole and coming to a point at one end.
Taoka Māori
Mostly complete fishhook point, tip end not present. Internal barb near tip, external notches on lower point.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Incomplete curved one-piece fishhook. Incurved point has broken off, as-well as at base portion. Notch present at base portion also.
Complete bird spear point. There are five barbs. The lowest barb is serrated along the top edge, both sides of the lower point are serrated.
Curved fishhook point fragment, very bottom of base broken, tip and point present. Notches on external side of base.
Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end is unperforated.
Broken fishhook point, mid and base remaining, tip not present. Slightly curved towards tip.
Broken bone comb, distal portion of four prongs not present. Cross section is a half-circle.
Unfinished straight fishhook. Barbed point, with serrations on barb, with a large shaft of unworked bone.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, internal notches.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an interior barb in the middle of the point.
Complete straight fishhook point with serration along one side of fishhook. Barb present on the other side.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notch present at base.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of straight hollow bird bone, worked to a sharp point at one end. Ornamental notches running down two sides. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident; filed smooth at the base as well.
Incomplete curved shank fragment with base missing. Knob and notch present at head portion.
Unfinished needle. Distal end is broken. Proximal end is unperforated and reduced in thickness. +
Shank fragment. Knobs at head.
Broken bird spear point, lower portion remaining. There are four barbs, the lower of which are serrated along the top edge. Below the barbs there ar two notches, one on either side of the point.
