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Taoka Māori
Complete fishhook point, curved with internal and external serrations and perforation at base.
Complete fishhook point made from a seal's tooth. Perforation at the base. One external barb and one internal barb, both with serrations. Serrations run external edge of point and a knob near the base.
Complete fishhook point, curved with internal and external serrations and knob at base.
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Broken worked bone, a pendant or fishhook fragment. Curved. Perforation and groove at the proximal end, broken at the distal end.
Seal tooth pendant. Notch at root end for suspending (possibly a broken suspension hole).
Complete fishhook point made from a curved dog jawbone. Tip is a tooth and internal side contains more teeth sockets. Bone widens at base.
Antiquities
Mostly complete fishhook point or pendant, small part broken off base and tip. Suspension hole and knob at the base. One external barb and two internal barbs. Serrations along the external side from tip to base and on the internal side of the barbs.
Complete pendant made from a seal tooth. Sides of the root have been carved to form a square cross-section. Suspension hole at the root end.
Complete curved fishhook point with notches at base. Made from a seal's tooth.
Mostly complete bone or tusk pendant, small part broken off the distal end. Reduced around the suspension hole at the proximal end.
Complete bone or tusk pendant. Previously broken at the suspension hole and from mid-pendant toward distal end; has been glued back together.
Complete ivory pendant. Reduced to a point at the distal end. Suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete pendant made from a seal tooth. Two perforations at the root.
Complete fishhook point. Curved and barbed with serrations. Knob and perforation at base.
incomplete curved fishhook point. The tip is missing, leaving the point and base. Perforation in the base. About 20 serrations up the exterior edge.
incomplete curved fishhook point, the tip, point and part of the base is present. A perforation was drilled through the base though half is gone. No barb. About 14 serrations up one edge.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Piece of jawbone.
Mostly complete dog skull, broken at the nose. Some teeth still intact.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Perforation through base, which is hollow. Knob on lower external side. Serrations along external side. Upper tip not present, but evidence of barb just before break, Manufactured from a seal tooth.