Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Antiquities
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Ivory or tusk pendant, broken with heavy wear at the distal end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides.
Complete curved bone pendant with drilled suspension hole.
Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole at the proximal end and tapered to a point at the distal end.
Taoka Māori
Possible tab for one-piece hook.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining, chipped at base. Partial perforation remaining at base. Serrations on external side of point.
Complete one-piece fishhook. Knob at head and incurved tip.
Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knob at head.
Broken curved ivory pendant, distal end remaining.
Complete curved fishhook point
Tooth pendant. Three broken suspension holes at the root. Single drilled hole in the centre. Back side has been reduced into a convex cross-section.
Tooth pendant, broken at the proximal end and split in half. Evidence of a broken suspension hole. Serrations along sides.
Tooth, possibly seal, severely weathered. Some enamel remaining, with tooth tip worn down and internal structure exposed. Surface of root is split and flaking.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. Internal barb near tip. Fishhook is hollow, with an opening along the internal side.
Complete curved fishhook point. Fishhook is partially hollow, with an opening along the internal curve.
Complete curved fishhook point manufactured from a dog or seal tooth.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base.
Complete curved fishhook point, manufactured from animal tooth.
Complete curved fishhook point. Upper tip not present, two notches on the external side near tip.
