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Broken bone point.

Complete bone bird spear point. Six barbs.

Complete adze. Grey and brown stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked and bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides slightly tapered towards the poll. Lower blade has broken off, and there is no obvious bevel or cutting edge. "Papanui Inlet" inscription.

Broken fish gorge, one sharpened end remaining.

Silcrete flake. Dark brown and mid brown in colour. Bifacial retouch on the proximal end.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground with some bruising and flaking. There are scars running diagonally across the front, from the middle on the proper right side towards the butt on the proper left side. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a faint line. The cutting edge is straight, blunt and chipped.

Unfinished, repaired adze. The cross section is asymmetrical: approximately rectangular, with the proper left side thinner than the proper left side, and the blade end thinner than the butt. The surface is predominantly bruised with some flaking on both sides of the cutting edge, along the edge of the blade on the proper right side, and across the back of the butt. Minor differentiation of the butt by the flaking on the back. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge created by flaking. The cutting edge is curved and blunt. The adze has broken diagonally across the blade and been glued back together. Excess glue is visible along the join.

Broken adze (everything but cutting edge remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, proper right side is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Cutting edge not present.

Broken chisel, distal portion remaining. Cross-section is triangular, with apex towards the top of blade. Surface is mostly ground, with flaking on sides. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp, curved and chipped.

Partially manufactured hook with curved shape. Perforation at one end

Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining. Cream and mid grey in colour.

Adze roughout. Grey and brown stone. Surface is flaked. Cross-section is lenticular. Sides are reduced around the butt. Bevel is demarcated by a change in colour and surface. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "McKays Ground Papanui Inlet" inscription

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove and quartered lashing groove that is deep at two points and very faint at other two.

Complete bone bird spear point. Five barbs.

Incomplete bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Two barbs.

Broken bone bird spear point, lower portion remaining. Two barbs. Notches on barbs and on both sides of base.

Complete fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone.

Large piece of solid bone worked to a point at the distal end, broken at the proximal end. Surface of the point is smooth with polishing marks evident. Internal bone structure visible on one side.

Partially manufactured fishhook.