Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Bird spear point, upper portion remaining. Four notches or unfinished barbs along one side.
Bone bird spear point, unfinished or very weather-worn. Broken at the tip. Two broken barbs.
Broken bird spear point, serrated portion remaining. Reduced to a point on one end.
Bone bird spear point, broken at the base. Two complete barbs and one partial barb at the broken end.
Bone bird spear point, broken at the base. Four broken barbs remaining.
Bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Two barbs remaining.
Complete bone bird spear point. Two barbs. Serrations along both sides below top barb.
Bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Three barbs.
Broken bone bird spear point. Four barbs remaining.
Broken kahawai lure, in two pieces. Two knobs on head of the shank. There is a curved point with an internal barb, and a notch on the external side of the base attached to the paua shell shank by muka.
Complete bird spear point. Both sides of bird spear point are sharply serrated. Serrations start approximately 1cm from base.
Broken bird spear point, fragments missing from tip and base. There are six barbs, three are either side. The top proper right barb is broken. There is a visible repair near the base.
Broken bird spear point, all but upper tip remaining. There are three barbs. There are serrations from the lowest barb to the base.
Complete bird spear point. There are three barbs, two upper barbs on the same side, and one lower barb on the opposite side.
Complete bird spear point. There are four barbs.
Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. There are four barbs.
Complete bird spear point. There are four barbs. Slight serrations on base, on the barbed side.
Complete bird spear point. There are two barbs.
Complete bird spear point. There are two barbs. There is a small fragment missing from the base.
Complete bird spear point. There are three barbs.