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Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp.

Complete awl. Cracks at proximal end.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with bruising on the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Light green, cream. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, flaking on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Both ends of chisel have a bevel and cutting edge. Both cutting edges are sharp and straight. Tarewai Point is written on back.

Complete adze. Basalt. Dark grey, mid grey, light grey. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface of back is ground, surface of front and sides are bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Tarewai.Pt is written on back.

Complete flute. There are three perforations along the top of the flute, the middle perforation is slightly off-centre. The distal end is chipped.

Unfinished toggle. Cut at one end. No perforations.

Broken fish gorge, large. One sharpened end remaining.

Broken straight fishhook point. All remaining except tip. Serration at base on one side.

Complete straight fishhook point with curve at tip. Grooves along external surfaces, and slight notch at base.

Complete adze. The cross section of the blade is oval, the cross section of the butt is circular. The surface is predominantly bruised. The bevel and the lower front section are ground. The butt is differentiated by the change in cross section. The bevel is continuous with the blade, but is demarcated by its ground surface. The cutting edge is curved, blunt and chipped.

Complete adze Cross-section is lenticular Surface is ground with flaking on the back Minor differentiation between butt and blade; sides are tapered towards the poll Bevel appears to be continuous with the blade but with heavy flaking. Cutting edge is not present.

Complete silcrete blade that is black and mid brown in colour. It has flaking on the proper left side of the ventral surface as well as on the proximal portion of the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on the proper right side of the ventral surface and on the proper left side of the dorsal surface.

Complete straight fishhook point with large notch on one side and barb on the other.

Complete straight fishhook point with 1 notch at base and barb at point end.

Curved fishhook point fragment, base and most of point present, tip is not present. Notches on external side of base.

Piece of straight bone, hollow at one end and split at the other end, worked to a point.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Completely burnt to charcoal with dessicated surface. Tubular shape, round cross-section. Tapered at both ends, with chisel marks evident at one end.