Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Bone point, broken at the proximal end.
Complete awl or shellfish picker. Some chipping around where the point projects from the shaft. Manufactured from hollow bone.
Incomplete straight fishhook point. Notch at base above break.
Complete bone point.
He kura
Broken curved bone pendant, distal end remaining. Has been broken in two pieces in the centre and glued back together.
Complete point, one end sharpened.
Mostly complete bone awl, broken and cracked around the proximal end.
Broken bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Broken at both ends.
Fragment of worked bone.
Mostly complete awl, some chipping at tip and proximal end.
Broken awl, broken at the distal end.
Mostly complete bone awl. Broken at the proximal and distal ends.
Mostly complete bone awl. Broken at the proximal end. There is a cracked and skewed area where the point emerges from the shaft.
Broken awl, tip remaining. Blunted.
Broken awl, tip remaining.
Broken awl. Rough around the point.
Curved bone pendant, broken at each end. Drill mark at the proximal end indicating a broken suspension hole.
Complete straight fishhook point with 3 distinct notches at base. Fishhook appears to have no barbs present.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Straight with notches.
Mostly complete straight bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole at the proximal end.
