Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point, internal barb and notches on external side of base.
Mostly complete bird spear point, small fragment of base of shaft broken off. There are four barbs.
Complete bird bone spear point. Straight with three barbs.
He kura
Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole, pointed at one end.
Whakarite kai
Complete bone one-piece fishhook. There is a notch at the base of the shank. There is an external knob on the head and an internal notch.
Complete one-piece bone fishhook. The bend has a notch. The tip is bent and comes to a sharp point. The head has a shank knob and a knob at the head, which is worn.
Complete curved fishhook point. Large base that has external notches present.
Complete bird spear point. There are five barbs. All but the uppermost barb are serrated along the top edges. There is a single notch on the base of the shaft.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notched on external lower side.
Complete, straight fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Straight fishhook point fragment, base and part of point present with notches on external side of base.
Curved piece of bone with half a perforation.
Complete one-piece fishhook. Knob at head and external base notch. End of tip is not present.
Complete shellfish picker or bone awl. Chipped at the proximal end.
Shellfish picker, manufactured from hollow bone. Chipped at the proximal end.
Complete bird spear point with four barbs.
Broken one-piece fishhook point, portions of base and shank remaining. External basal barb.
Complete straight fishhook point. 5 notches present at the base.
Mostly complete one-piece fishhook. tip of point not present. Knobs on head of shank, and external side of shank is serrated. Incurved point.
