Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken gorge, one end remaining.
Complete double ended point, one sharpened point is chipped.
Broken point manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened, proximal end has been pressed and is all cracked.
He kura
Complete tattoo chisel, comb variety. Hafting end is long with no reductions. Some of the teeth along the cutting edge are broken.
Complete point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharpened.
Broken tattoo chisel.
Complete bone point, distal end sharpened.
Complete tattoo needle. No signs of working on hafting end. Needle tip is approximately 1cm long.
Broken curved fishhook point, midsection remaining.
Complete bone point manufactured from hollow bone, distal end sharpened.
Broken gorge, onw end remaining.
Mahi whakairo
Broken gouge, distal end remaining.
Broken point. Notch on external side of base, with a broken internal barb, distal end of tip is broken.
Broken tattoo chisel, broken at both ends.
Straight complete fishhook.
Broken bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharpened.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end sharpened.