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Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
He kura
Complete bone pendant. The head of the pendant has a perforation hole drilled from both sides. The edge of the head has been flattened. The bone has been sharpened to a blunt point.
Double-ended tattoo chisel, both ends reduced with grinding marks on the bone. There are no serrations.
Mostly complete shell pendant, small part broken off the distal end. Triangular shape, tapering toward the proximal end. Suspension hole at the proximal end, one side of which is reduced with a notch. Indentation on one side of the distal end.
Complete pendant made from shell. Triangular shape, tapering toward the proximal end. Suspension hole at proximal end, with one side reduced with a notch. Small indentation on one side near the distal end.
Complete curved bone pendant. One complete drilled suspension hole and one broken suspension hole at proximal end.
Piece of worked pounamu. Light green and light grey. Tapered to a point at one end. Other side is flaked and chipped, with a shoulder on one side. Side edges are curved.
Broken bone comb, portion of the head is remaining. One side edge is curved with a broken projection. Distal end has remnants of some teeth. Surface is heavily worn.
Curved bone pendant, mostly complete except for small part of upper portion broken off.
Broken curved ivory pendant, distal end remaining.
Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Mid-green inanga variety. Surface has been ground smooth. Pendant is made from three projections, each about equal in size with smooth, deeply-cut notches between them. Suspension hole drilled from both sides in centre of one projection. Other two projections have notches along the distal edges.
Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety spotted with lighter green flecks. Surface is ground, but some edges are chipped. Relatively small suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from one side. One edge is concave with a slight rounded projection near the distal end. The other edge is convex and juts out slightly at the proximal end. There is a half-circular smooth indentation at the centre of the distal end.
Plaster cast of a rounded slate knife or pendant. Cast has been broken in two pieces and glued back together. Perforated in the centre of the proximal end, with a curved koru carving on either side of the perforation.