Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken piece of fishhook, unidentified fragment.
Piece of worked tooth, root remaining, use unknown.
Complete straight fishhook point.
Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining.
Complete point.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on the external side of the base. Small hollow on the the external side of the tip that opens onto the naturally hollow interior of the tooth.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. The base is broken off, with a partial perforation on one side. There are serrations on the external side.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. The base is broken off. There are serrations on the internal and external sides.
Broken curved fishhook point. Partial perforation at base.
He kura
Tooth pendant with suspension hole at root end. Reduced on either side of suspension hole. Large crack down length of tooth.
Complete fishhook point made from an animal tooth. Curved with notches at base.
Curved pendant made from an animal tooth. Broken on the internal side. Notch at the distal end and three notches at the proximal end.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notches on external side of base. Tip is cracked lengthwise, with smaller cracks running down surface.
Complete tooth pendant with suspension hole at the proximal end and tapering to a point at the distal end. Surface has been polished
Complete, curved fishhook point.
Complete tooth pendant, probably from a seal or dog. Suspension hole at the root. Split from gum line to tip.
Tooth pendant, broken at the suspension hole.
