Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
Mostly complete curved fishhook point, with all remaining except very tip of point. Notch at base.
Complete bone point of a composite fishhook. The bone is sharpened to a blunt point. The head of the bone has two knobs.
Complete point. Epiphysis of bone remains at one end, distal end sharpened to a fine point.
Piece of worked bone. Filed to a sharp point at one end, with internal bone structure visible. Epiphysis intact at the other end, with a perforation through one side.
Complete point. One end sharpened to a fine point.
Piece of worked bird bone, broken at one end and filed to a point at the other end.
Bone needle with a perforation at one end and broken at the other end.
Bone harpoon head, broken at the tip and at the base. Single barb. Perforation in the centre, drill from both sides.
Mostly complete bone bird spear point, small part of tip not present. Six barbs remaining, pointed at the base.
Complete bone bird spear point with four barbs. Tapers to a point at the base.
Complete bone bird spear point with four barbs.
Complete curved fishhook point. Flattened reduction on internal side of base, with smoothed curved reduction on the external side.
Antiquities
Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and high translucency. Surface is ground on one side and flaked on the other. Tapered to the proximal end with a knob that is notched on each side and in the centre. Distal end has a bevel on one side, demarcated by a line.
Complete chisel. CRoss-section is oval. Surface is ground, except at the proximal end which is bruised. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved.
Mostly complete slate stone knife, fragment of one side of cutting edge broken off. One side is flat, partially bruised and partially ground. The other side is convex and is entirely ground. It is rounded at the handheld end.
Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and light brown in colour. Dorsal flake scars present. Flake scar at proximal end of dorsal surface. Unifacial retouch on the right lateral margin on the dorsal surface.
