Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point, with external serrations.
Broken curved fishhook point, with external serrations. Tip and base both not present.
Fishhook fragment - there is a knob at one end, with serrations along the opposite side.
Incomplete straight fishhook point. Tip remains with serrations on both sides. Base not present.
Complete curved fishhook point. An external barb with external serrations is present at the point, and there are internal serrations from the point to the base.
Broken one-piece fishhook, point remaining, with incurved tip
Middle piece of tab
Fishhook tab. Shaped into one-piece fishhook, rounded on outside. Head of shank shows some working. Single drill mark through surface.
He kura
Broken bone pendant, upper half remaining. Straight with suspension hole at proximal end. Pink discoloration on surface.
Complete bone pendant with suspension hole at proximal end and slightly curved to a point at the distal end.
Complete bone point. Pointed at both ends, but one end is sharper than the other.
Broken needle, tip remaining.
Broken needle, tip remaining. Bone is burned.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Previously broken near tip, now fixed.
Broken straight fishhook point, possibly of one-piece fishhook. Broken at base and tip. Notched on external side of base.
Broken fishhook point, tip not present. Slightly curved with notches at base.
Broken fishhook point, tip not present. Slightly curved with knob at base.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal and external barbs. Notch on external side of base.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point. Lower remaining.