Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
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).
He kura
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.
Complete ivory pendant curved to a point at distal end with a suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete ivory pendant. Slightly curved to a point at the distal end. Suspension hole and small notches at proximal end. Small piece broken off and glued back on at proximal end.
Complete straight ivory pendant in the shape of a double-edged tattooing chisel. Serrations around the edges with tattooing chisel points at each end. Reduced in the centre for attaching lashing.
Complete tooth pendant. The tooth curves to a blunt point. There is a large crack through the distal end of the pendant. The proximal end suspension hole has been drilled from both sides.
Complete bone pendant. Curved with suspension hole.
Seal tooth pendant with suspension hole at the root end.
Taoka Māori
Complete unworked seal tooth. Point chipped off.
Complete unworked seal tooth. Point blunt.
Complete seal tooth and root.
Complete pendant made from an ivory tooth. Slightly curved with suspension hole at proximal end. Reduced and grooved on one side.
Worked seal tooth, broken at each end. Longitudinal saw marks on each side edge.
Seal tooth. Split in half with a heavily weathered surface.
Seal tooth, broken at the root, which is solid. Longitudinal saw mark along each side.
