Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete fish gorge.
Broken bone bird spear point, upper portion remaining. Four barbs.
Complete bone bird spear point. Has previously been broken in two pieces and glued back together. Seven barbs. Serrations on top barb and at base.
Complete straight fishhook point with two wide notches at base and barb on oppose site at point portion.
Complete bone point, distal end sharpened.
Broken bone point, tip remaining, distal end sharpened.
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Complete Patu in very good condition, it is slightly discoloured in some parts. The Patu is long and flat. The Hole at the bottom of the butt has been drilled in from both sides.
Complete kahawai lure. Curved paua shell shank with serrations along edges. Muka lashings and twisted cord at head and base. Straight bone point with internal barb and external notch. Point and lashings at base appear to be burnt.
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Curved bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole.
Shank fragment has base and internal shank remaining.
Mostly complete shank, but broken at lower end. Internal and external knobs at head. Internal notches on upper shank.
Fishhook point broken at base. Fishhook has an incurved point.
Broken fishhook tab. Partially manufactured hook.
Shank broken at head. Internal knob at head remaining.
Broken, curved shank with the base and shank remaining but the head is missing. It has interior notches all along the shank.
Partially manufactured fishhook
Broken curved fishhook point, midsection remaining, broken at base and tip. External barb and serrations.
Broken fishhook tab, drill marks on surface.
Complete, curved shank with an interior, upper knob and an upper exterior knob on the head.