Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Incomplete curved fishhook, missing base.
Piece of bone with no distinguishable features.
Curved piece of bone.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the base remaining. It has lower, external notches.
Broken curved fishhook point, midsection remaining, broken at both ends. Burned bone.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the base and point remaining. It has a split down the point and lower, external notches.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Serrations on external side.
Taoka Puoro
Small fragment of flute. Cutting marks on surface.
Broken, curved fishhook point with the base and lower point remaining.
Complete toggle. There are two perforations, one wider than the other. Both ends are notched around the edges.
Piece of worked wood. Roughly rectangular in shape and cross-section. One side is worked smooth and flat.
Worked slab of moa bone, cut longitudinally.
Partially manufactured fishhook tab with six drill marks.
Piece of worked moa bone. Rounded projection at one end.
Broken gorge, broken at both ends.
Dog bone, broken at one end.
World
Complete tattoo chisel, of comb variety. Hafting end of chisel is carved into a complex four-knob shape, two on either side. The cutting edge has two remaining teeth that are very sharp, and one tooth that has broken off.
Complete bird spear point. Three barbs. Notches along each side.