Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Shank is complete. Shank has been repaired at the base. There are knobs at the head and shank point. Bait knob on lower shank.
Partially manufactured hook. Fishhook tab has been repaired.
Fishhook point is not complete. Broken at base. Fishhook point is straight. Shallow notch at tip.
Partially manufactured hook.
Large bone point. Surface is polished and smooth. Slight shoulders and reduction at the middle of the point.
Broken bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Two barbs, one on each side of the tip. Four notches on one side.
Complete threader.
Complete bone point. Distal end is sharp.
Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a fine point.
Broken fishhook point, lower remaining, tip not present. Notches on external side of base.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining, tip not present.
Curved piece of worked bone, broken at each end. Possibly a fishhook point.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Broken one-piece fishhook, midsection of point remaining. Base and tip not present. Three notches on external side.
Fishhook fragment. Base portion.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment with base missing. No visible notches or barbs present.
Broken point, medial portion remaining. Tip of distal end broken off, and broken at proximal end.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. Point end is missing. No visible features or markings present on hook.
Broken curved fishhook point, missing tip and base.