Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a point, chipped at proximal end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye at the proximal end.
Mostly complete fish gorge, tip broken at one end.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow straight worked bone. One end is broken and filed smooth at an angle, tapering to a blunt point.
Broken bone point, shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharpened.
Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with notches at base.
Rākau o te riri
Broken patu paraoa, blade remaining. Bone is very worn, and sides of blade are chipped.
Complete fish gorge.
Complete bone point, distal end sharpened.
Broken needle, proximal end remaining. There is a drilled circular eye at the proximal end.
Complete straight fishhook point. Barb and notches at external lower base, another barb above notches. Internal barb near point.
Broken needle, distal end remaining. Distal end sharp.
complete curved fishhook point.
complete straight fishhook, five serrations on external edge. Barb near point.
He kura
Unfinished bone pendant. Slightly curved. Drill mark at proximal end, indicating an incomplete suspension hole.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb, with serrations on both sides of tip, as well as all down the external surface.
