Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches at base.
Complete fishhook point. Barbed and slightly curved with notches at base. Part of tip not present.
Complete curved fishhook point, tip of point not present. External barb.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and a lower, internal notch. The internal side is serrated above the notch to the tip. It has external, lower notches and serration above these notches to the tip.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip and point remaining. The external side is serrated down to where it is broken and there is an upper, internal barb.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and an external barb in the middle of the point as well as lower, external notches.
Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. There are three barbs.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye at the proximal end.
He kura
Complete curved bone pendant with drilled suspension hole.
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Broken one-piece fishhook, all remaining except head. Shank curves at head towards break. Two basal barbs, one beneath shank slightly chipped. Fishhook point is straight.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the base missing. The exterior side is serrated from the bottom of the tip until where it is broken.
Taoka Puoro
Complete flute. Cross-section more oval than circular. There are triple-lined striations wrapping across it diagonally, in a crosshatched pattern. There are three perforations along the top, and one partial perforation at the proximal end. There are visible repairs where previously broken at the proximal end.
Complete bone needle, large. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye at the proximal end. At the very proximal end, there is a notch, possibly from a broken eye.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the base and lower point remaining. It has a lower, external barb and a reduction down the base.
Complete, curved fishhook point.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow bone, previously broken in four pieces and glued back together. Worked to a point at one end.
Piece of hollow bone, broken at one end and worked to a blunt point at the other end. Surface is weathered.
Piece of hollow worked bone. Part of the epiphysis remaining at one end with a perforation. Other end is broken and worked to a point.
Piece of worked bone, broken in half and at one end. Worked to a sharp, flattened point at one end.
Piece of solid bone, broken at one end and worked to a dull point at the other end.