Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken needle, proximal end remaining. Long, sawn eye at the proximal end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end features a drilled, circular eye.
He kura
Broken bone comb, three of six teeth broken off. Proximal edge is rounded with a large chip missing off of one side. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident.
Complete gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.
Complete gorge, manufactured from hollow bone. There are striations around the hollow opening at one end.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining and tip not present.
Broken curved fishhook point, midsection remaining.
Complete fishhook point. Slightly curved with notches at base.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper and mid remaining, broken at base.
Complete curved fishhook point, serrations along external side of fishhook, from middle to tip.
Broken curved fishhook point fragment, with tip, point and partial base remaining.
Broken one-piece fishhook, with head, shank and base remaining. Point not present. There is an external knob at the head and an internal barb at the midpoint of the shank.
Broken straight fishhook point, butt remaining.
Partially manufactured fishhook point.
Complete one-piece fishhook, with an external knob at the head, and an incurved point. There are external serrations running from the tip to the base.
Complete one-piece fishhook, with faint external serrations and an incurved point.
Complete curved fishhook point, with external notch at the base.
Complete curved fishhook point, with external serrations from tip to base.
Complete curved fishhook point, with external serrations from top of point to base.
Complete curved fishhook point, with external notches at base.