Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete seal or dog tooth
Complete seal or dog tooth.
Seal tooth, broken at the base of the root and cracked along the tooth tip
Complete seal or sea lion tooth with three tips (one large in the centre and two smaller on sides) and single root.
Complete leopard seal tooth, with three tooth tips (one large in the centre and two smaller on the sides). Root is split in two and complete.
Seal tooth, possibly leopard seal. Three tooth tips (one large in the centre and two smaller on the sides) and a double root. Complete but very weathered.
Mahi whakairo
Complete adze. Rectangular Surface is ground with bruising and flaking in many areas. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by a faint curved line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded.
Seal tooth, broken at the tip.
Seal tooth with small part missing from tip.
Curved seal tooth, interior part of the tip not present.
Curved seal tooth, small part of interior tip not present.
Complete seal or dog tooth with crack running from the tip to the root.
Seal tooth, broken at the root.
Seal tooth, tip is worn down with pulp exposed. Root is complete.
Curved seal tooth, large part of interior tooth tip has broken off.
Seal tooth, small part of interior tip broken off. Surface is weathered.
Complete leopard seal tooth with three separate tips and a split root.
Hollow curved seal tooth, broken at the root.
Broken seal tooth, root and small part of tip remaining.