Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Whakarite kai
Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove
Rourou (food bowl). Woven with ten whenu (strands) of harakeke (flax) from the centre outwards in a takitahi pattern. Completed by trimming left over whenu on the interior with outer whenu tucked back into the weave of the bowl. Tied with a small piece of harakeke to secure. Four whenu are woven into a round four ply whiri (plait) used to make a handle. Rourou were frequently constructed as single or limited use items as they were quick and easy to weave.
Broken sinker, fragments missing from one side and end, with shallow transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with faint quartered lashing grooves.
Complete sinker with deep quartered lashing grooves. Grooves only present at edges.
