Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete fishhook point. Straight at base and curved towards tip. External knob at mid-point.
Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with notches at base.
Complete fishhook point. Barbed and slightly curved with notches at base.
One-piece fishhook, mostly complete except for small piece of tip is broken. Knob and two notched grooves at head. Basal notch.
Complete fishhook point, straight and barbed with notches at base.
Complete fishhook point, barbed and mostly straight, with notches at base.
Bird spear point, broken at each end. Seven barbs.
Complete bird spear point. The tip of the point is slightly chipped. There are five barbs present. There are also cracks along the surface of the bone.
Bone bird spear point, broken at the tip. Two barbs. Notches on one side of the base.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Perforation through base. Serrations on external side before break.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye at the proximal end, cracked on one side.
Complete, curved fishhook point. It has an exterior basal notch.
Complete, curved fishhook point.
Complete bone hook from barracouta fishhook. The hook comes to a blunt point.
Complete curved fishhook point
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete fishhook point. Curved with broad base.