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Complete curved fishhook point. Notches at base, and along mid external side.

Broken bird spear point. Middle of shaft remains, with three barbs.

Complete flute. Finished at both ends, though both are chipped, and one has a small fragment missing. At one end there are two perforations on the side. There are three perforations through the top. There are several cracks.

Complete bird bone pendant. Surface is polished. Tapered to a point at the distal end. Rounded at the proximal end, with a suspension hole. A kink is carved in the bone about halfway down the pendant.

Complete straight fishhook point, with internal barb and notches on external side of base.

Complete, curved fishhook point with an exterior, upper barb that has notches along it.

Complete straight fishhook point with internal barb and serrations on point. Notches on internal side of base and external side of point.

Straight fishhook point fragment, base broken. Internal barb with serrations on internal and external tip and external side of point.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, interior barb that is serrated. There are also lower, interior notches and upper, exterior serrations. The back has a saw mark.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower end remaining. There is a fragment missing from one side of the base, with a crack starting around the fragment.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, dark green, light grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Sawing marks down both proper right and proper left sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Tarewai Point written on back.

Broken chisel (cutting edge broken). Pounamu, burnt. White, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Poll angles down from the proper left to the proper right. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge broken off. Tarewai Pt. written on front.

Broken needle, shaft and proximal end remaining. Broken at tip, and there is a visible repair halfway up the shaft where previously broken. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.

Mostly complete curved fishhook point, tip not present. Notches on external side of base.

Complete curved fishhook point.

Complete straight fishhook point, external notch on side of base. Slightly chipped at base.

Broken fishhook point, fragment of base remaining. Large point basal barb.

Chalcedony drill point. Cream and light yellow in colour.

Broken adze, butt remaining. Dark grey stone. Cross-section is square near the poll and asymmetrical where the blade has broken off. Surface is bruised and flaked. Blade is not present so there is no obvious differentiation between the butt and the blade.

Piece of wood, possibly worked, use unknown. Roughly triangular in cross-section, with a flattened smooth plane on one side.