Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Taoka Maori
Broken awl, proximal end remaining, broken around the point.
Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal tip is sharp.
Broken awl, medial portion remaining. Tip and proximal ends are broken.
Complete awl.
Complete awl, pointed at both ends. Cracks at one end.
Broken awl, distal end remaining. Cracked along side.
Length of worked bone, cut at both ends. Cracked at one end.
Broken awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There is a curve to shaft, and is missing a large fragment from along one side to the proximal end.
Broken awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal tip is broken off.
Broken awl, chipping around both ends. There is a long perforation that has been created by making many short longitudinal cuts into the surface. There are two unfinished perforations of the same size where the technique is visible on the adjacent side.
Broken awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal tip is broken. Epiphysis on proximal end.
Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There is a latitudinal striation in the surface at the proximal end.