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Chert drill point. Mid red in colour. Flat proximal end. Smooth ventral surface.

Complete silcrete blade. White in colour. Unifacial retouch on the right surface of the dorsal margin.

Chalcedony drill point. Cream in colour.

Complete chalcedony drill point. Light grey and white in colour.

Broken pounamu pendant, broken at the proximal end. Mid-green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground with some cracks and chips. Rectangular cross section. Proximal end shows evidence of a drill mark or a broken out suspension hole. Tapered to a sharp point at the distal end.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light yellow-green inanga variety. Straight, rectangular shape, slightly reduced at the proximal end for suspension. Distal end is curved, with a bevel demarcated by a line on one side.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is trapezoidal with front narrower than back. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll and back. There is minor delineation between the blade and butt with the sides reducing towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated with a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt, with some chipping.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is bruised, with grinding on the high points of the blade. The bevel and cutting edge are ground. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is asymmetric, with the proper right tapered. The surface is bruised, with flaking at the break. There are sawing marks on the proper right. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is bruised, with flaking on the break. The bevel is demarcated with a diagonal, straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the back, along the break. The bevel is flaked off. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Broken pounamu chisel, poll remaining. The cross section is plano-convex, with the front flattened. The surface is ground, with flaking on the break. There is tapering towards the poll. The bevel and cutting edge are broken off.

Broken pounamu drill point. The cross section is square. The surface is ground, with flaking on the break. There is sawing marks on the proper right. There is tapering towards both the poll and cutting point. The point is sharp.

Broken pounamu drill point, lower blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is bruised. There is flaking at the break. There is tapering towards the cutting point. The point is sharp.

Broken pounamu drill point, lower blade remaining. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break. There is tapering towards the cutting point. The point is chipped and blunt.

Broken pounamu drill point, lower blade remaining. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break. There is tapering towards the cutting point. The point is sharp.

Broken pounamu drill point, lower blade remaining. The cross section is plano-convex, with the front flattened. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break and on the back. There is tapering towards the cutting point. The point is sharp.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll and on one side towards the point. The point is sharp.

Broken pounamu drill point, lower blade remaining. The cross section is trapezoidal with the front narrower than the back. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break. There is a concave wearing on the back of the point. There is tapering towards the cutting point. The point is sharp.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll. The bevel is demarcated with a concave wearing. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.