Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Mahi whakairo
Broken gouge, tip remaining.
Taoka Māori
Broken awl, shaft remaining. Distal end reduces to a point, but tip is broken.
Broken awl, tip remaining.
Incomplete curbed fishhook point fragment with mid section portion present only.
Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. Base portion present only with three clear notches.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end sharpened.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye. Fragment missing along one side of the proximal end.
He kura
Complete tattoo chisel. There are two prongs at hafting end. Three teeth along cutting edge.
Complete bone point, tip remaining and smoothed at proximal end. Distal end sharpened. Small notch on one side, and a striation on the front surface near the proximal end.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharpened.
Complete gorge, pointed at both ends.
Complete tattoo chisel. Sides reduced until flaring at end. Sharp teeth along cutting edge. Striations on surface at hafting end.
Complete tattoo chisel. Small fragment missing from hafting end, one of two prongs broken off. On the lower portion there are serrations on both sides. Sharp teeth along cutting edge.
Complete awl.
