Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
He kura
Broken ivory pendant, proximal end remaining. Kinked with a broken suspension hole.
Taoka Māori
Partially finished shank fragment.
Burnt ivory pendant, broken at each end. Curved with drill mark at the proximal end, indicating a broken suspension hole.
Complete ivory pendant. Suspension hole at the distal end. Groove along interior curve.
Broken curved fishhook point, most remaining except tip and base.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining, broken at base.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Notches on external side of base. Cracked along base.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Notches on external side of base. Notch on lower side of base.
Broken curved fishhook point, possibly of one-piece fishhook. Upper remaining, with incurved tip.
Broken curved fishhook point fragment, upper remaining. Broken at base. Internal barb near tip.
Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete ivory pendant, curved with suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete ivory pendant. Suspension hole at the proximal end and curved to a point at the distal end.
World
Manjū netsuke / toggle with river scene
Kagamibuta netsuke / toggle with pierced design
Ceramic vase
Carved white ivory, plain silver band blade end. Ornately carved in form of faceless Rakasha (hindu, God of Demons).
Bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Knob part-way down. Curved to a point.
Complete whale ivory pendant. Curved with suspension hole and small notch at proximal end.
Complete ivory pendant. Curved with two suspension holes at proximal end.
