Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken fish gorge, one end remaining.
Mostly complete threader, pointed at both ends, but tips are broken off.
Complete bone point. Distal end has one sharpened point. The proximal end has one rough side, and one smoothed side.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base.
Complete fish gorge.
Broken bone bird spear point, upper portion remaining. Four barbs.
Complete bone bird spear point. Has previously been broken in two pieces and glued back together. Seven barbs. Serrations on top barb and at base.
Complete straight fishhook point with two wide notches at base and barb on oppose site at point portion.
Complete bone point, distal end sharpened.
Broken bone point, tip remaining, distal end sharpened.
Complete kahawai lure. Curved paua shell shank with serrations along edges. Muka lashings and twisted cord at head and base. Straight bone point with internal barb and external notch. Point and lashings at base appear to be burnt.
He kura
Curved bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole.
Shank fragment has base and internal shank remaining.
Mostly complete shank, but broken at lower end. Internal and external knobs at head. Internal notches on upper shank.
Fishhook point broken at base. Fishhook has an incurved point.
Broken fishhook tab. Partially manufactured hook.
Shank broken at head. Internal knob at head remaining.
Broken, curved shank with the base and shank remaining but the head is missing. It has interior notches all along the shank.
Partially manufactured fishhook