Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete seal tooth, part of pulp exposed on one side of the tooth tip.
Broken fishhook, most remaining except upper barb and tip. Curved and barbed with notches at base.
He kura
Complete ivory pendant. Curved with suspension hole at proximal end.
Broken ivory pendant, proximal end remaining. Kinked with a broken suspension hole.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Two small barbs on external side, with notches through upper barb to tip. Small internal barb opposite upper external barb.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob at head.
Seal tooth, possibly from an elephant seal. Hollow and broken at the root.
Seal tooth, hollow and broken at the root.
Complete curved fishhook point, manufactured from a dog tooth. Striations across the back, making little notches on external side of the base.
Seal tooth, cut in half lengthwise.
Broken curved ivory pendant, distal end remaining.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on the external side of base, serrations on the internal side of base. Internal barb.
Complete curved fishhook point
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining, broken at base.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining.
Complete seal tooth.
Seal tooth, broken at the base of the root
Seal tooth, surface is heavily weathered.
Seal tooth, small piece broken off interior, surface is weathered on one side.
Broken seal tooth, root and a small part of tip is remaining.