Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete kahawai lure. Wooden shank with knobs at head and large knob at base. Paua shell inlay. Straight bone point with internal barb. Lashings at base and head with twisted cord at head.
He kura
Complete bone pendant. Slightly curved and coming to a point at the distal end. One side of the distal end is reduced and has an incised mark. Proximal end is rounded with a notch on one side and a suspension hole drilled from both sides.
Broken bone point.
Complete barbed fishhook point. Slightly curved with notches at base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Serrations at base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Base is slightly reduced with notches.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Tattoo needle, needle tip broken off. Visible repair where previously broken.
Complete pendant in triangular shape, tapering towards the suspension hole, a small part of which has broken off.
Taoka Puoro
Unfinished flute. This flute is finished at both ends, but has no perforations.
Mostly complete bird spear point, small part broken off of each end. Four barbs.
Bone bird spear point, small part missing from tip. Four barbs.
Complete bird spear point. Has eight barbs. Has dirt on one side with a red stain.
Perforated bone toggle.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn eye at the proximal end, cracked above.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Worked bone
Complete bone point. Epiphysis remains at the proximal end, the distal end sharpened to a fine point.
Piece of worked bone, previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Proximal end has two large notches on one side edge. Tapers to the distal end, which is broken.
Broken threader, most remaining, large fragment of proximal end broken. There is a partial perforation at the broken edge with a crack running from the partial perforation to the sharpened distal end.
