Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Bone point.
Broken bone point, tip remaining.
Wooden tiwha (plug) for repairing holes in pōhā (kelp bags). Square shape with rounded corners and a square cross-section. Surface is worked smooth and flat. Grooved around the perimeter.
Broken bone point or shellfish picker. Tip is broken off distal end.
Broken bone point or shellfish picker. Tip is broken off distal end and chipped around proximal end.
Complete bone point, double-ended and manufactured from hollow bone.
Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end.
Complete bone point, distal end is very sharp and manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken bone point, sharp distal end remaining.
Complete bone point. Fragment missing from proximal end.
Complete bone point, manufactured from slender hollow bone.
Broken bone point. Large fragment missing from the proximal end, small fragment missing from the distal end.
Complete bone point.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Fragments missing along one side.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. End of tip broken off.