Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken gorge, one end remaining.
Complete fish gorge.
Mostly complete fish gorge, one tip missing. Sides are uneven.
Broken fish gorge, one end remaining.
Unfinished needle. The distal end is sharp, with rough, unfinished sides to shaft.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow, straight worked bone. Broken at one end and the other end has been filed to a rounded, bevelled edge. Surface is very smooth, with some evidence of polishing marks around the worked tip.
Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. No eye.
Broken needle, shaft and tip remaining. Shaft is fine, distal end sharp.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
Fishhook tab, sides worked but no drill marks.
Broken curved fishhook point. Base present.
Complete straight fishhook point. 2 barbs, 1 near the tip the other lower near the base. 2 notches on the base at the opposite edge.
Complete straight fishhook point. 1 barb on the point. A reduction at the base on this edge. 2 notches at the base on the opposite edge.
Complete straight fishhook point. A slight reduction at the base on one edge, 1 notch at the base on the opposing edge.
Broken bird spear point, base remaining. There is one barb, with serrations along the top of the barb.
Broken bird spear point, base remaining. There is one barb that has broken off. Serrations on lower side of base.
Broken curved fishhook point. Base is present. A perforation in the base.