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Broken bird spear point, small part of tip not present. Four barbs. Notches at base.

Straight piece of worked bone, broken at one end and coming to a point at the other end. Possibly a pendant.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green-blue and black schistose inanga variety with feather fractures and low transparency. Low temperature heat treated, especially near the proximal end. Cross-section is half-circular. Surface is ground on one side and flaked on the other, with a sawing mark on one side edge. Straight, rectangular shape, slightly reduced at the proximal end with a knob for suspension. Distal edge is straight.

Complete adze. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is ground with some flaking. There is a saw mark on the proper right side and another prominent saw mark on the front. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The blade is demarcated by a straight line at the chin. The cutting edge is oblique and blunt.

Complete adze. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with some flaked off areas. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade, just a slight tapering of the sides. The bevel is demarcated by a semi-circular ridge that has been flaked out. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete fish gorge.

Mostly complete threader, small fragment missing from the proximal end and tip of point broken.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, almost circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete fish gorge.

Mostly complete threader. Both ends pointed, but tip of one broken off.

Complete threader, pointed at both ends. There are two small notches along the top towards one end.

Complete curved fishhook point with 1 notch present on top of base.

Mostly Complete straight fishhook point. Portion of the base is missing. Barb present at point end.

Complete bone bird spear point. Four barbs. Serrations along barbed side. Notch at base.

Roughout Quadrangular at poll, rectangular at blade. Bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge blunt, rough and uneven.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel continuous with blade, tapering down to cutting edge which is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Broken sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Complete fish gorge. There are three diagonal grooves along the front surface of the medial portion.

Complete fish gorge.

Broken gorge, one end remaining. There is a curved reduction near the broken end.