Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Seal tooth, root and small part of tooth tip remaining. Surface is weathered.
Seal tooth, small part broken off base of root, which is hollow.
Seal tooth, split in half with a cut mark at the base of the root.
Seal tooth, split in half
He kura
Burnt ivory pendant, broken at each end. Curved with drill mark at the proximal end, indicating a broken suspension hole.
Animal tusk pendant. Complete but surface is worn.
Complete ivory pendant. Suspension hole at the distal end. Groove along interior curve.
Broken seal tooth, root and small part of tip remaining. Split and worn at the distal end, with pulp exposed.
Complete seal tooth
Large hollow seal tooth, broken at the base of the root.
Complete curved fishhook point. Made of dog jawbone.
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.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining.
