Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete dog mandible with most teeth intact.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining, broken at base.
He kura
Complete pendant made from an animal tooth. Surface has been smoothed, flattened at the root. Tooth has been cut so that tip is not longer present. Unusual in that suspension hole has been drilled into the tooth rather than at the root like most pendants.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Striations across external curve. Manufactured from jawbone.
Broken seal tooth, half of tooth tip and distal portion of root remaining. Large cut mark where the tip meets the root.
Broken fishhook fragment, unidentified portion remaining. Mostly straight with four perforations.
Antiquities
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Serrations along external and internal sides.
Complete kinked bone pendant with suspension hole.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining. Made of jawbone.
Ivory or tusk pendant, broken with heavy wear at the distal end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides.
Dog tooth pendant
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining. Manufactured from the jaw of a dog.
Complete pendant made from a curved seal tooth. Suspension hole at root. Hollow.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. Point is manufactured from dog jaw, with the tip being a sharpened tooth. Smaller fragments of teeth remaining in jaw.
Curved whale ivory pendant, broken along one side of the proximal end. Drill mark indicating a broken suspension hole.
Complete curved fishhook point, Manufactured from a dog tooth.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Two small external barbs, with serrations between.
Complete bone pendant in the shape of a koru spiral.
