Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken barbed fishhook point, barb and mid-point remaining. Straight with notches along one side.
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Broken bone pendant, slightly curved and broken at each end.
Broken bird spear point, midsection remaining, broken at both ends. Bone appears burnt. Visible repair where previously broken. There three, or maybe four barbs, all broken completely off.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Straight with notches at base.
Complete double-ended shellfish picker or bone point. Manufactured from hollow bone.
Partially manufactured hook.
Fishhook point is complete. It is curved.
Complete curved fishhook point. There are small notches on external side of base, with a small fragment missing from lower external side. There is a barb on tip.
Double-ended tattoo chisel, both ends reduced with grinding marks on the bone. There are no serrations.
Complete curved bone pendant. One complete drilled suspension hole and one broken suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete one-piece bone fishhook. Incurved tip. Knob at head. Bait notch at base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Large serrated knob on external side of base. Serrations from this knob to tip, with small external barb. Small internal barb, with serrations from this barb to tip.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Straight complete fishhook, barb below point, serrations at the bottom external face.
Complete straight fishhook point. Single notch on external side of base, with internal barb near tip.
Complete fishhook point, curved and barbed. Wide base with notch.
Complete bone bird spear point. Two barbs. Notches at distal end. Has been broken in two pieces and glued back together.
Broken curved fishhook point, midsection remaining.
Complete curved fishhook point. Two grooved reductions on side of base, but not external side as usual.