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Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.

Mostly complete silcrete blade, termination missing. Light brown and mid grey in colour. Flake scars present on dorsal surface and bruising on striking platform. Small area of cortex on the proper left lateral margin of the ventral side. Unifacial retouch also present on proper left lateral margin of ventral surface.

Piece of hollow straight worked bone. One end is broken and filed smooth at an angle, tapering to a blunt point.

Piece of straight bird bone, broken in half lengthwise and worked to a blunt point at one end.

Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a point, chipped at proximal end.

Broken bone point, shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharpened.

Piece of worked bone, broken on one end and tapered to a point on the other end. Cross section is quadrangular on the broken end and pentagonal at the pointed end. Surface is polished.

Piece of straight bird bone, broken in half lengthwise and worked to a dull point at one end.

Complete bird spear point. There are four barbs. The lowest barb features a single notch along the upper edge.

Broken fish gorge, one sharpened end remaining.

Mostly complete shellfish picker or bone point. Broken around the proximal end. Manufactured from slender hollow bone.

Kekeno (fur seal) ulna. Parallel cuts are evident along the length of the bone. The distal end is worn.

Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.

Pounamu pendant. Light green with high translucency. Auhuka variety, Te Koroka source. Proximal end has a projection knob for suspension, the sides of which appear to be partially broken. Slight curved projection about halfway down one side edge. Distal edge is oblique.

Complete bird spear point. There is a barb in the middle of the shaft.

Complete straight fishhook point. Serration present at tip end and barb present on the other side.

Complete straight fishhook point. There is an internal barb midway up the point and there is a notch toward the base.

Broken fishhook point, tip remaining.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining, tip not present.

Complete fish gorge. Small notches on one side near one end.