Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Large notches on external side of base.
Fishhook tab, one-piece fishhook piece in process of manufacture. There is a large perforation in the centre of the tab.
Cut length of worked moa bone.
Broken tab. Lower and external sides are smoothed. There are circular drill marks along the broken edge.
Broken one-piece fishhook, base remaining.
Large fragment of bone, tapering to a broken tip.
Smoothed at one end, and partially on the sides, broken at the opposite end.
Worked piece of moa bone. Groove on the surface at one end.
Fragment of worked bone, smoothed on one end.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Curved notch on base.
Curved fishhook point, very worn.
Complete curved fishhook point. There are grooves on the back of the base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on the external side of base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Curved notches on the external side of base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. Fragment missing from base.
Complete curved fishhook point. There is chipping around the base, one notch on the external side. There is a large barb on the internal side near tip.
Broken one-piece fishhook point, majority of shank and base remaining. The internal knob on the shank remains.
Complete curved fishhook point. There is a basal perforation, with a round knob on the lower external side.
Broken straight fishhook point, base remaining. There is a notched knob on the corner of the base, with a notched notch on the lower side.
Small fragment of fishhook point.
