Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end. Thickness reduced at proximal end.
Broken needle, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular perforation at the proximal end.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end. Shaft is curved.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.
Unfinished needle. Sharp at both ends.
Complete needle. Distal end is blunt. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.
Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Fragments missing at distal and proximal ends.
Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Fragments missing at distal and proximal ends. Dirt compacted in hollow.
Mahi whakairo
Broken gouge.
Mostly complete awl, chipped at the proximal end and where point emerges from shaft. Bone appears slightly burnt.
Broken bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Tip at distal end is broken off.
Broken gorge, one end remaining.
Complete double ended point, one sharpened point is chipped.
Broken point manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened, proximal end has been pressed and is all cracked.
He kura
Complete tattoo chisel, comb variety. Hafting end is long with no reductions. Some of the teeth along the cutting edge are broken.
Complete point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharpened.
Broken tattoo chisel.
