Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Slab of bone, reduced and worked to a point at one end. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident.
Unfinished fishhook point. Large, with incurved tip. Previously broken near tip, visible repair.
Unfinished curved fishhook point.
Unfinished fishhook point.
Unfinished fishhook point, large, unknown fragment.
Complete bone shank from composite fishhook. Rectangular cross-section. Perforation at head. Six large notches at base.
Complete fishhook point. Straight with notches at base.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank and base remaining. Knobs on head of shank.
Complete, large moa bone point. Distal end sharpened to a point.
Whakarite kai
Broken tab of complete fishhook. Point, tip and portion of centre broken off. Seven drill holes evident and large shank knob present at the head.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knobs on head of shank.
Unfinished fishhook point. Partially and roughly manufactured fishhook point.
Broken one-piece fishhook. Shank and base remaining. Knobs on head of shank.
Broken curved fishhook point. Long, slender point from large base. Single notch on external side of base.
Broken fishhook tab.
Fishhook tab, rounded into one-piece shape. Drill marks on one side, workings at top for head of shank.
Complete curved fishhook point, large base.
Complete shank. Knobs on external side of shank head. Perforation through base, with two notches, one on either side of perforation, on external side of shank.
Broken curved fishhook point. Perforation through base, two notches on external side of base. Tip of point is broken.