Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
Unfinished needle. Both ends are sharp.
Broken needle, proximal end remaining. Thickness reduced at proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced on proximal end, with an off-centre, drilled, circular eye.
Complete bird spear point. Three barbs.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.
Curved bone point. Possibly fishhook point.
Complete bone point, distal end sharpened.
Complete bone point, distal end is sharpened. Visible repair where previously broken at midpoint.
Complete bone point, distal end is sharpened.
Complete double ended point.
Broken threader, in eight pieces. Three pieces are large, five are small.
Incomplete bird spear point, broken at each end. Notches along one side.
Broken needle case, cut at one end, with cracks.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end of point is sharp.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Some striations at the broken end.
