Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end sharpened.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye. Fragment missing along one side of the proximal end.
He kura
Complete tattoo chisel. There are two prongs at hafting end. Three teeth along cutting edge.
Complete bone point, tip remaining and smoothed at proximal end. Distal end sharpened. Small notch on one side, and a striation on the front surface near the proximal end.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharpened.
Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.
Complete gorge, pointed at both ends.
Complete tattoo chisel. Sides reduced until flaring at end. Sharp teeth along cutting edge. Striations on surface at hafting end.
Complete tattoo chisel. Small fragment missing from hafting end, one of two prongs broken off. On the lower portion there are serrations on both sides. Sharp teeth along cutting edge.
Complete awl.
Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp.
Broken point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharpened.
Complete double ended point or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone.
Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone.
Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining, broken at upper tip. Previously broken at upper point, repair visible. Broken external barb near base. Serrations from barb to broken tip.