Event Highlight:
After Dark – Neon Nights
Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
Complete curved fishhook point, notched on lower external base.
Broken bone point, base remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point, all remaining but upper tip. External barb at midsection.
Broken moa bone fishhook, missing a fragment of the head. The head has an external knob remaining. The bend is flattened at the base, with a residue on the back of the bend. A suspension hole has been drilled in the head. The tip is blunt.
Piece of worked bone, broken on one end and tapered to a point on the other end. Cross section is quadrangular on the broken end and pentagonal at the pointed end. Surface is polished.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook, broken.
Partially manufactured hook showing drill work.
Unidentified fishhook fragment. One side straight and one side curved. Notch at one end.
Broken fishhook, base and unidentified portion remaining. Curved at a right angle with some reduction at base.
Broken fishhook fragment, curved with unknown portion remaining.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob and shank knob at head.
Broken fishhook, unknown portion remaining. Curved and tapered toward one end with notch.
Broken fishhook, curved unknown portion remaining.
Fragment of curved fishhook point, possibly from one-piece fishhook. Broken at base and upper point.
Slab of worked bone. One end is filed down to a dull point.
Bone worked into a curved point. Epiphysis remaining at the proximal end. Surface is smooth on the internal side of the curve with grinding marks evident.
Piece of bone worked to a point at the distal end, broken at the proximal end. Triangular cross section.
Piece of bone worked to a point at the distal end and broken at the proximal end. Quadrangular cross section.
Piece of bone worked to a point at the distal end and broken at the proximal end.
