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Mostly complete fish gorge, tip broken at one end.

Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.

Mostly complete silcrete blade, termination missing. Light brown and mid grey in colour. Flake scars present on dorsal surface and bruising on striking platform. Small area of cortex on the proper left lateral margin of the ventral side. Unifacial retouch also present on proper left lateral margin of ventral surface.

Piece of hollow straight worked bone. One end is broken and filed smooth at an angle, tapering to a blunt point.

Piece of straight bird bone, broken in half lengthwise and worked to a blunt point at one end.

Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a point, chipped at proximal end.

Broken bone point, shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharpened.

Piece of worked bone, broken on one end and tapered to a point on the other end. Cross section is quadrangular on the broken end and pentagonal at the pointed end. Surface is polished.

Piece of straight bird bone, broken in half lengthwise and worked to a dull point at one end.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Stone. Dark grey, mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge chipped off. "Tapanui Inlet" written on back.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Stone. Dark grey, mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is partially ground, but heavily flaked or chipped on majority of surface. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved but heavily chipped. "Papanui Inlet" written on back.

Complete fish gorge.

Complete bone point, distal end sharpened.

Broken needle, proximal end remaining. There is a drilled circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove. There is another shallow groove that meets the transverse groove at a right angle but does not wrap around the entire mahe.

Broken fishhook point, mid and lower remaining, tip not present.

Complete straight fishhook point. Barb and notches at external lower base, another barb above notches. Internal barb near point.

Broken needle, distal end remaining. Distal end sharp.

Broken pounamu drill point, lower blade remaining. The cross section is square. The surface is ground with bruising on the break. There are sawing marks on all four of the sides, originating above the break. The point is sharp.

complete curved fishhook point.