Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point
Piece of straight, hollow worked bone. Broken at each end, one end has been worked to a point on the side. Cross section is triangular. Surface is smooth.
Broken fishhook point with slight curve. Most remaining except tip. Notches on external surface of base.
Complete straight fishhook point, notches on external lower side. Serrations on internal side near tip.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point. Two notches at external base.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Straight with notches and serrations along one side.
Incomplete curved fishhook point. External portion of hook has serrations starting from base that continue to mid-point of hook. Point portion is missing.
Incomplete curved fishhook point with point end missing. No visible markings or features present on hook.
Broken, curved fishhook point with half of the point remaining. It has a small, upper, internal barb.
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.
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Broken and unfinished bone comb, one side of proximal end remaining. Proximal edge is rounded; remaining side edge is straight. Two teeth remaining, with incomplete perforation and sawing mark between them. Distal portion with teeth was previously broken off and has been glued back together.
Mostly complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external side of base, with internal barb near tip. Upper tip broken.
Complete fish gorge. Small crack at one end.
Broken curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on front of base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Fishhook comes out from base at near 90 degree angle. Upper tip not present.
Broken needle. Shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharp. Broken at eye on proximal end.
Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a circular drilled eye at the proximal end.
Broken toggle, small longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at one end, with a perforation. Several hair cracks on surface.