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Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Straight with notches and serrations along one side.

Incomplete curved fishhook point. External portion of hook has serrations starting from base that continue to mid-point of hook. Point portion is missing.

Complete roughout. Stone. Dark grey, mid grey, dark brown, light brown. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is worked, but unfinished. Cutting edge is sharpened on proper left side, but becomes blunt on proper right side. "Papanui Inlet" written on back of both pieces.n Repaired break between butt and blade.

Roughout. Stone. Mid grey, light grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked, with some bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is curved and blunt, unworked.

Incomplete curved fishhook point with point end missing. No visible markings or features present on hook.

Complete adze The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is bruised but the bevel is ground. No differentiation between the blade and the butt, but the sides taper towards the poll. The bevel is mainly continuous with the blade although there is a ridge on the proper left side due to flaking. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp with a chip on the proper left side.

Complete fish gorge. Small crack at one end.

Broken needle. Shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharp. Broken at eye on proximal end.

Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a circular drilled eye at the proximal end.

Broken toggle, small longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at one end, with a perforation. Several hair cracks on surface.

One-piece fishhook, mostly complete except for small piece of tip is broken. Knob and two notched grooves at head. Basal notch.

Complete fishhook point, straight and barbed with notches at base.

Complete fishhook point, barbed and mostly straight, with notches at base.

Bird spear point, broken at each end. Seven barbs.

Partially manufactured hook showing drill work.

Complete bird spear point. The tip of the point is slightly chipped. There are five barbs present. There are also cracks along the surface of the bone.

Complete adze The cross section is rectangular, but the centre of the proper left side is flaked or chipped such that it is almost lenticular. The surface is predominantly ground with flaking along the edges and sides. There are faint scratches on the front surface, and a dark patch on the back which may be adhesive. The butt is undifferentiated. The poll is very flat and smooth. The bevel is demarcated by a faint, asymmetrical line slightly higher on the proper right side. The cutting edge is asymmetrically curved with the blade longer on the proper left side. It is sharp.

Complete albatross bone awl. The proximal end is unworked. The distal end is sharpened toa blunt point.

Piece of hollow bone, broken and split at each end. One end has been worked to a rounded, flattened point. Polishing marks evident on the surface around the point. Crack running the length of the bone on one side.

Piece of hollow, straight bone. One end is split and worked to a sharp point.