Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point. Small part of tip not present.
Complete curved fishhook point
Complete, straight fishhook point, it was split in two but has been glued back together. It has an upper, internal barb and the lower point is a lot wider than the base.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob and shank knobs at head.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob and shank knob at head.
Broken one-piece fishhook, part of tip and head not present. Bait notch at base. Burnt.
Large fragment of moa bone, distal end coming to a point. Sides of distal point are smoothed.
Partially manufactured fishhook with two full, and one partial, perforation.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow bone, broken and split at each end. One end has been worked to a rounded, flattened point. Polishing marks evident on the surface around the point. Crack running the length of the bone on one side.
Piece of hollow, straight bone. One end is split and worked to a sharp point.
Complete bone point. Epiphysis remaining on the proximal end.
Broken threader, one sharpened end remaining.
Complete threader. One end is pointed, the other is reduced on but the tip is flattened with a slight notch.
Complete threader or needle. Distal end is sharp. The proximal end is reduced to a single thickness that has a horizontally sawn eye.
Broken threader, long portion remaining, sharpened at the distal end.
Broken threader, long portion remaining, pointed at one end. Chipped at the proximal end.
Mostly complete threader, chipped at the proximal end.
Complete fish gorge.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye. There is a crack approximately 3.5cm from the tip.
Mostly complete fish gorge, one end chipped.