Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
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Complete bone one-piece fishhook. Previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Knob and shank knob at the head. Bait notch on the external edge of the point. Incurved tip.
Mostly complete one-piece fishhook. Tip of point not present, external knob on head not present. Small basal notch on external curve of base. Previously broken where shank meets base, glued together.
Mostly complete bone one-piece fishhook, small piece broken off the tip, which is incurved. Knob at the head.
Complete bone point of a composite fishhook. The bone is sharpened to a blunt point. The head of the bone has two knobs.
Bone harpoon head, broken at the tip and at the base. Single barb. Perforation in the centre, drill from both sides.
Complete sinker with shallow transverse groove. Flattened on one end, the other end is smaller.
Complete sinker with deep transverse groove.
Complete stone sinker. Suspension hole drilled from one side, diameter of 18mm at entry and 9mm at exit.
Broken rāti (bone harpoon head), head remaining. The break is across the shank. The head has one perforation, and a shank knob.
Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.