Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken awl, shaft remaining. Finished around the proximal end. Distal end reduces to a point, tip broken off.
Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment with only mid section present.
Complete curved fishhook point with tiny portion chipped away from point end.
Unfinished fishhook point, tip remaining. There is a large barb.
Broken awl, shaft remaining. Finished around the proximal end. Distal end reduces to a point, tip broken off. There are latitudinal striations around the distal end.
Broken awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is missing tip, large crack. Epiphysis on proximal end.
Mahi whakairo
Broken bone gouge, chipping around the proximal end and broken down sides.
Broken awl, distal end remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Complete double-pointed point, manufactured from hollow bone.
Unfinished fishhook point, partially finished barb at the end.
Bone point.
Broken point, tip remaining.
Complete gouge.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment with base missing. Point portion is present but has chunk missing from the internal side.
Broken fishhook point, tip remaining.
Unfinished point. Notched on one side.
Broken awl, shaft remaining. Distal end reduces to a point, but tip is broken. Bone is worn.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end sharpened.
Broken gouge, tip remaining. Bone is burnt.