Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Whakarite kai
Broken slate knife, cutting edge remaining. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is ground, bevel is present at cutting edge. Evidence of usewear is present
Broken slate knife, portion of cutting edge remaining. Cutting edge is blunt. Surface is ground.
Broken slate knife, small portion of cutting edge remaining. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is bruised. Bevel is present at cutting edge.
Complete slate knife. Cutting edge is blunt. Surface is ground on one side and bruised on the other. Usewear is present on cutting edge, flaking present at haft edge.
Complete stone sinker. Suspension hole drilled from one side, diameter of 18mm at entry and 9mm at exit.
Fragment of a schist knife,no discernable edge. Surface is grounded on both sides, with flake scarring on both surfaces.
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.