Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete, straight fishhook point. It has a upper, internal notch at the tip.
Partially manufactured hook. Point remaining with perforations on the lower part of the point.
One-piece fishhook. Knob at head. Broken at base and point. Fragment at tip missing.
Partially manufactured hook.
Mostly complete bone bird spear point, small part of tip and one barb broken off. Four barbs. Serrations at base.
Complete bone bird spear point. Two barbs. Notches on both sides of base.
Complete bone bird spear point. Five barbs.
Mostly complete bone bird spear point. Three barbs, small part of two barbs has broken off.
Complete fish gorge.
Incomplete straight fishhook point. Fishhook has been broken in half (both fragments are present). Two notches present at the base portion. Point is missing from hook.
He kura
Broken bone pendant, lower portion remaining. Curved to a point at one end. No suspension hole present.
Complete gorge
Complete fish gorge, small, manufactured from hollow bone. One end is chipped, hollow filled with dirt.
Mostly complete fish gorge, one tip broken.
Complete fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Complete fish gorge, in two pieces. Visible repair where previously broken.
Complete straight fishhook, serrated internal edge, with barb at tip, with three more serrations till tappers off to tip.
Broken straight fishhook point. There is a barb at the point, with a notch further down toward the base. Base and tip both broken off.
Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external lower point, upper internal barb.