Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete one-piece fishhook. Knob at head and bait hook at base. Tip is blunt.
Fishhook point, broken in two pieces and glued back together. Incurved tip.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob at head.
Broken curved shank with all remaining except base.
Complete curved shank, with knob and head.
Broken fishhook, part of shank remaining. Straight. Knobs at head.
Mostly complete bone bird spear point with two broken barbs and three remaining barbs.
Complete bone bird spear point. Four barbs.
Bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Four barbs.
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Straight bone pendant, mostly complete but broken at each end. Part of suspension hole remaining.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Partial large perforation, two holes drilled closely together. Short striations at the edge of one side.
Complete toggle. There is a single perforation through the centre with a longitudinal crack running through from end to end. There are short striations decorating the edges of both ends.
Complete but unfinished toggle, with no perforation.
Bone point, very sharp at the distal end. Broken at the proximal end.
Complete straight fishhook point. End of tip broken, internal barb at tip. External serrations at base.
Complete curved fishhook point. Internal barb at tip, external serrations at base.
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at tip, serrations along one side of base and shank.
Broken barbed fishhook point, tip remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. External notched bait barb near base. Serrations from barb to broken edge.