Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Piece of hollow worked bone, broken at each end. One end is worked to a dull point.
Complete awl. Epiphysis remaining on the proximal end.
Broken awl, shaft and one pointed end remaining. Broken at other end.
Complete, curved fishhook point.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the point remaining.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip and top of the point remaining.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the mid part of the point remaining.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the point remaining. The external side is serrated from halfway up.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip and point remaining. The external side is serrated.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the base remaining. It has lower, external notches.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip and top of the point remaining. The external side is serrated.
Broken, curved fishhook point the middle of the point remaining. It has been split up the point and an extra section of the internal side remains where the external side has broken off. It has external notches at the top where it is broken.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the base and lower point remaining. It has a large notch on the base.
Complete, curved fishhook point. It has an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches. The external side is serrated.
Complete toggle, chip missing from one end. Both ends are slightly notched. Perforation on one side. There are striations in a chevron pattern on the unperforated side.
Complete toggle. Faint cut marks at both ends. There is one perforation.
He kura
Bone pendant, broken at the distal end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides and internal bone structure visible near proximal end.
Complete bone pendant with suspension hole.
Complete straight bone pendant with suspension hole.
Complete bone pendant with suspension hole, slightly curved.
