Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
He kura
Complete curved bone pendant with suspension hole.
Broken bone pendant, curved lower portion remaining.
Complete pendant made from a whale tooth. Knob, notches, and suspension hole at the end of the root. Some reduction on tooth end. Slightly curved to a dull point.
Complete bone pendant. Suspension hole at one end and slightly curved to a point at the other end.
Mostly complete comb made from a split bone, two of four teeth are broken at the distal end. Remaining teeth come to a point. Head is squared off with sawing mark visible on proximal edge.
Tooth pendant with broken suspension hole at the root. Flattened distal end.
Broken bone pendant, distal end remaining. Curved and coming to a point.
Complete tattoo chisel. comb variety. Shaft of chisel is unusually long, with no reduction or notching at hafting end. Teeth of cutting edge are broken
Complete tattooing chisel, comb variety. Hafting end is long with no reductions. One tooth of cutting edge remaining, and is sharp. The other teeth are broken.
Broken whalebone pendant, proximal end remaining. Curved with drilled suspension hole. V-shaped with two knobs at proximal end.
Piece of worked pounamu, broken at one end, possibly a pendant. Mid-green kahurangi variety with high translucency. Surface is ground smooth. One side edge is straight with a sawing mark and the other side edge is curved. Remaining end is triangular, tapering to a dull point.
Unfinished bone pendant. Slightly curved. Drill mark at proximal end, indicating an incomplete suspension hole.