Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete bone bird spear point. Five barbs. Bottom barb has a single notch.
Broken needle, shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharp. Needle is broken at drilled eye on the proximal end.
Fishhook point is incomplete; broken at base and tip. Fishhook point fragment is curved.
Fishhook Point is complete and curved.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Straight with notches.
Complete curved fishhook point. End of tip broken.
Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with notches at base.
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Complete bone pendant. Kinked twice along shaft with a suspension hole at the proximal end.
Complete one-piece fishhook. Knob at head of shank.
Complete curved fishhook point, chipped at base.
Complete straight fishhook point. Tip end not present. Curved reduction on external side of base.
Complete bone bird spear point. Four barbs.
Complete bone bird spear point. Previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Four barbs.
Broken curved fishhook point, most remaining except tip.
Complete straight fishhook point, internal barb.
Complete toggle. This length of bone is cut in half longitudinally, leaving a "half-pipe" cross-section. At each corner there is a perforation. Each end is decorated, cut into serrations.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb.
Straight piece of bone of which one end is curved.
Broken straight fishhook, lower remaining. Long, slender variety. Notches on external side of base.
Broken fishhook, shank remaining. Knob at head.