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Broken threader, distal end remaining.

Broken threader, broken at both ends.

Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.

Complete curved fishhook point. External barb, with serrations fron barb to upper point.

Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.

Broken adze, most of butt remaining Cross-section is rectangular Surface is ground with heavy flaking throughout Major differentiation between the butt and blade, sides are reduced to form shoulders and tapered towards the poll, but the poll is not present Bevel and cutting edge are not present

Complete picker, epiphysis on the proximal end.

Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Notch on side.

Complete, curved fishhook point.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular on the blade and square on the butt Surface is ground with some bruising on the back mid-blade Minor differentiation between the butt and blade; sides are tapered toward the poll but the poll is not present Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp

Incomplete adze, broken part of butt and poll only. Dark grey stone. Quadrangular stone. The surface is ground, with flake scars and bruising at the break and poll. "151" is written in pencil on one side.

Mostly complete threader. Pointed at both ends, one end is slightly broken. There is a visible repair where previously broken.

Unidentified fishhook fragment.

Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Mostly complete patu aruhe made of whalebone. Blade has an elliptical perforation through the centre and is heavily reduced on the sides around the perforation. A groove extends from the perforation around the bottom of the blade. Sides of the blade are also reduced where it meets the handle to form shoulders. Small part of the butt has broken off, and there is an indentation around part of the butt that remains. Cross-section is square on the blade and circular on the handle.

Complete curved shank. Knob present at head.

Broken curved fishhook point, mid and base remaining, broken at tip. Perforation at base.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a small, circular eye at the proximal end. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end.

Broken threader, sharp distal end remaining.

Complete silcrete blade that is mid brown and mid orange in colour. It has a large flake taken from the proximal portion of the dorsal surface and another flake on the proper right side of the dorsal surface. There is minor unifacial retouching on the proper left side of the ventral surface.