Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, exterior notches.
Partially manufactured fishhook showing drill work
Partially manufactured hook.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook. No drill marks. External side rounded into shape.
Broken fishhook tab. External side is rounded into shape, with shallow drillmarks on surface.
Broken fishhook tab, upper portion remaining. External edges have been smoothed, no drill marks.
Partially manufactured fishhook.
Small fishhook tab.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the lower point and part of the base remaining.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the base and point remaining. It has a knob on the base.
Broken, curved fishhook with the base and point remaining. It has a interior, upper barb on the point.
Broken, curved fishhook with the base and point remaining.
Complete, curved fishhook point. It has an upper, external barb and lower, external notches.
Complete, curved fishhook point. It has an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.
Broken, curved fishhook point .
Taoka Puoro
Complete flute, with light chipping on either end. There are several longitudinal cracks, one of which is split wide open. The other cracks are filled with an adhesive. There are four perforations, three along the top of the flute, and one at the end. At one end of the flute, there are diagonal striations.
Complete curved fishhook point. Reduction around base
Complete curved fishhook point. Serrations along external side of point.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank above base remaining. Curved with knob on head.