Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Whakarite kai
Fragment of a slate knife. No discernable edges. Both surfaces ground. Slight bevel on one surface.
Broken slate knife with partial distal end remaining. Cutting edge is blunt. One surface is ground, the other has flake scars. Slight bevel present.
Fragment of slate knife, all edges missing. One side is ground, the other is bruised.
Broken slate knife, all edges missing. Both surfaces are bruised.
Broken slate knife, missing lateral margins. Proximal and distal ends partially present. Cutting edge is sharp. One surface is bruised and the other is flaked. Slight bevel on blade.
Fragment of slate knife with no discernable edges. Both surfaces have been ground.
Broken slate knife with distal end present. Proximal end appears to be broken. One lateral margin missing. Cutting edge is blunt and chipped. Both surfaces are ground, and one is bruised.
Broken slate knife, no discernable edges. Both sides are ground.
Broken tatā (canoe bailer), large fragment from proper right side missing. Dark brown totara. The handle extends from the back end of the bailer to the mid-front in a continuous curve. There is a perforation where the handle meets the back end. There are numerous in the surface of the wood.
Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove
Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.
Broken sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.