Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Bone point, manufactured from long and slender hollow bone.
Complete bone point.
Mostly complete bone point. Distal and proximal ends are chipped.
Broken bone point, tip remaining, manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Tip is broken off. There is a long, sawn eye at the proximal end that is split at the upper end.
Complete shellfish picker. Point is very long and fine.
Bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Slightly chipped at both ends.
Broken bone point, tip is pointed.
Bone point, tip is pointed.
Complete bone point. Proximal end slightly reduced in thickness. Distal end not sharp.
Broken point, medial portion remaining. Tip broken off.
Broken bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Tip remaining.
Broken point, manufactured from hollow bone, shaft and distal end remaining. Broken at proximal end. Visible repair where previously broken.
Broken point, long distal end remaining.
Broken fish gorge, medial portion remaining. Both ends broken.
Broken bone point, one sharpened end remaining.
Broken bone point, tip remaining.
Broken bone point, sharpened distal end remaining.
Broken bone point, sharpened distal end remaining. Small notches, one on either side, at proximal end.