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Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.

Complete string of 68 glass trade beads, strung together on a thick piece of cotton string. There is a pattern of one large mid blue bead with two smaller dark blue beads that repeats on both sides till the centre where the pattern changes and becomes two large dark blue beads followed by two large mid blue beads.

Complete adze. Dark grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on the blade and flaked on the butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade; sides of the butt are reduced and widen again toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp with large chip missing from proper right side. "Taeri Mth" inscription

Complete adze. Black stone. Surface is ground on front with bruising on sides and back. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a change in surface. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp. "Taieri Mth" inscription

Complete adze. Grey and light brown stone with pink marking on proper right side where butt meets blade. Surface is flaked and ground. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Differentiation between butt and blade; reduction around the butt, particularly on front and sides where butt meets the blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Taieri Mth" inscription

Complete adze. Brown stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp, with a large flake missing from proper left side. "Taieri Mth" inscription.

Complete adze. Light green, black, silver pounamu. Surface is ground. Cross-section is rectangular. Minor differentiation between butt and blade with slight reduction in the sides, particularly the proper left side which has a minor shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "Taieri Mth" inscription.

Complete stone chisel. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground on the blade. There is flaking up the length of the blade and back. There is minor delineation between blade and poll, with the sides and back tapering towards the poll. The chisel is bevelled on both the front and back. The bevel on the front is demarcated by a straight line. The bevel on the back is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and blunt, with chipping.

Broken pounamu gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with some flaking originating from the break. The bevel is demarcated by a diagonal straight line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Light green and white flake. Cortex present on dorsal surface.

Mid brown and dark brown flake.

Mid green and white flake. Cortex present on dorsal surface.

Dark green and light brown flake. Cortex present.

Light green and light brown flake. Cortex present on left lateral margin.

Silcrete flake. Light brown and white in colour. Cortex present.

Silcrete flake. Mid brown in colour.

Complete silcrete blade. Light brown and mid brown in colour.

Silcrete flake. Mid brown and dark brown in colour.

Silcrete flake. Mid brown and dark brown in colour.

Silcrete flake. Light brown and dark brown in colour.