Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
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Curved bone pendant with reduction on back and proper left side.
Complete bone pendant. Curved to a point at one end with a suspension hole at the other end.
Broken curved bone pendant, lower portion remaining.
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notch on external side of base, with internal barb near tip.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. Internal barb near tip.
Hollow seal tooth
Large seal tooth, split in half.
Large seal or sea lion tooth, broken on the interior side of the root.
Complete seal tooth, reduced where the tip meets the root, exposing some of the pulp.
Complete seal tooth, part of pulp exposed on one side of the tooth tip.
Broken fishhook, most remaining except upper barb and tip. Curved and barbed with notches at base.
Complete ivory pendant. Curved with suspension hole at proximal end.
Broken ivory pendant, proximal end remaining. Kinked with a broken suspension hole.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Two small barbs on external side, with notches through upper barb to tip. Small internal barb opposite upper external barb.
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 curved fishhook point. Notches on the external side of base, serrations on the internal side of base. Internal barb.