Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken curved fishhook point fragment, upper remaining. Broken at base. Internal barb near tip.
He kura
Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete ivory pendant, curved with suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete ivory pendant. Suspension hole at the proximal end and curved to a point at the distal end.
World
Manjū netsuke / toggle with river scene
Kagamibuta netsuke / toggle with pierced design
Ceramic vase
Carved white ivory, plain silver band blade end. Ornately carved in form of faceless Rakasha (hindu, God of Demons).
Bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Knob part-way down. Curved to a point.
Complete ivory pendant curved to a point at distal end with a suspension hole at proximal end.
Complete ivory pendant. Slightly curved to a point at the distal end. Suspension hole and small notches at proximal end. Small piece broken off and glued back on at proximal end.
Complete straight ivory pendant in the shape of a double-edged tattooing chisel. Serrations around the edges with tattooing chisel points at each end. Reduced in the centre for attaching lashing.
Complete tooth pendant. The tooth curves to a blunt point. There is a large crack through the distal end of the pendant. The proximal end suspension hole has been drilled from both sides.
Complete bone pendant. Curved with suspension hole.
Complete pendant made from an ivory tooth. Slightly curved with suspension hole at proximal end. Reduced and grooved on one side.
Broken worked bone, a pendant or fishhook fragment. Curved. Perforation and groove at the proximal end, broken at the distal end.
Antiquities
Mostly complete bone or tusk pendant, small part broken off the distal end. Reduced around the suspension hole at the proximal end.
Complete bone or tusk pendant. Previously broken at the suspension hole and from mid-pendant toward distal end; has been glued back together.
Complete ivory pendant. Reduced to a point at the distal end. Suspension hole at proximal end.
