Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete bone bird spear point. Four barbs.
Bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Four barbs.
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Straight bone pendant, mostly complete but broken at each end. Part of suspension hole remaining.
Complete but unfinished toggle, with no perforation.
Bone point, very sharp at the distal end. Broken at the proximal end.
Complete straight fishhook point. End of tip broken, internal barb at tip. External serrations at base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Internal barb at tip, external serrations at base.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at tip, serrations along one side of base and shank.
Broken barbed fishhook point, tip remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. External notched bait barb near base. Serrations from barb to broken edge.
Fragment of worked bone. Remaining edge is rounded. Previously broken in several pieces and glued back together.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notch on external side of base. Serrations from notch to tip.
Mostly complete gorge, tip missing from one end.
Complete straight fishhook point, External notches on lower base. Internal barb, uppermost tip broken off.
Complete straight fishhook point, notch at base and barb near tip.
Piece of worked bone, curved on the remaining edge. Small perforation at one corner, with another drill mark/incomplete perforation next to it.
Complete straight fishhook point. External notches at base, with slight reduction on the internal side of base. Internal barb near tip.
Complete straight fishhook point, barb on internal side centre of fishhook, followed by serrations to tip, serrations on external side to tip.