Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
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Complete koropepe pendant. Mid-green takiwai pounamu with high translucency. Surface is polished. Carved on both sides. Body is indicated by a spiral with a perforation at the centre. Face at the proximal end, with an incised eye and mouth indicated by a sawing mark and perforation. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end.
Complete curved bone pendant. Suspension hole and notch at the proximal end.
Straight bone pendant. Mostly complete but small part of suspension hole broken off.
Complete curved bone pendant with small notch on upper end.
Complete bone pendant. Curved with suspension hole.
Complete bone pendant. Suspension hole at one end and curved to a point at the other end. Below the suspension hole, there is an indentation on one side with corresponding knob on the other side.
Broken tatto chisel, of comb variety. Hafting end has a reduction on either side and large reduction at the end, forming two long prongs. The cutting end is broken off on one side, leaving four small teeth. Large cracks run longitudinally across the surface.
Complete curved bone pendant. Some reduction on the back side.
Broken tattoo chisel, of comb variety. Mostly complete, however there are fragments missing from hafting end and cutting edge.
Broken curved bone pendant, front and lower portion remaining.
Complete bone pendant. Triangular shape with suspension hole at one rounded point.
Bone pendant, broken at the distal end. Slightly curved with suspension hole.