Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Serrations on external side.
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.
Complete awl. Epiphysis remaining on the proximal end.
He kura
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.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining, tip not present.
Whakarite kai
Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove. Part B: 1x mammal bone
Complete curved fishhook point
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining, broken at base.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point, mid-section remaining, broken at both ends. Burned bone. Manufactured from jaw.
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.