Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
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Taoka Māori
Broken bird spear point, lower shaft is missing, broken part leaves an oval shape at bottom. Three barbs. Small red stains on one side.
Broken bird spear point, tip is missing. One barb. Serrations on one side with superficial scratches.
Partially broken bird spear point, top of tip is missing. Two barbs.
Broken bird spear point, lower shaft broken off. Three barbs. Serration on two barbs plus some on another partial barb. Superficial scratches.
Complete barracouta shank. There are three deep grooves at the head of the shank, matching on either side. Sides widen towards the base, where there is a perforation.
Broken shank fragment with the head and half of the base remaining. The head has notches that wrap all the way around the front, back and sides. The base has one perforation, but part of it is missing.
Complete shank with knobs that wrap all the way around the head and one perforation at the base. It was broken in the middle but has been fixed.
Complete shank although the tip of the head is missing. It has one perforation at the base.
Complete shank. It has one perforation at the base.
Mostly complete bone fishhook point, small part of tip broken off. Straight with wide base with three notches on one side.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow, straight bone, split at one end and worked to a blunt point.
Piece of hollow, straight bone, split at one end and worked to a point.
Piece of hollow, straight bone. Split at one end and worked to a point.
Piece of worked bone, small part of epiphysis remaining on one end. Split and worked to a blunt point on the other end.
Piece of hollow, straight bone. Split at both ends; one end has been filed to a point, the tip of which has broken off.
Complete bone awl or shellfish picker. Epiphysis on the proximal end, distal point is long and sharp.
Piece of hollow, straight bone, broken at one end. The other end is split and worked to a point.
Piece of hollow, straight bone. Split at one end and filed to a sharp point.
Piece of hollow, straight bone, split at each end. One end has a straight edge and the other is filed to a blunt point.
Piece of hollow, straight bone. One end is split and worked to a sharp point.