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Complete adze. Oval Bruised with flaking on back and edges. Butt has minor differentiation, sides and front have been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line curving from corner to corner up blade. Cutting edge is straight, blunt and rough.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Bruised and flaked. Butt has major differentiation, sides and front have been heavily reduced and shoulders slightly raised. Bevel is demarcated by two lines running from each corner to meet in the centre of the blade. Cutting edge is moderately sharp and slightly rounded, with minor chipping.

Complete adze. Rectangular Ground with flaking on sides. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is continuous with the blade, and tapers down to cutting edge which is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical at poll, plano-convex with front flattened at blade. Surface is flaked. Butt has minor differentiation but has been majorly flaked away. Bevel is demarcated by lines running from each corner curved up to an apex in the centre of the blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded with minor chipping.

Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp, circular perforation through proximal end.

Complete bone needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp, perforation through one side of the proximal end.

Unfinished bone needle. Distal end is sharp, drill marks around back of proximal end. Visible repair where previously broken, near distal end.

Piece of worked pounamu, possibly an unfinished pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety with feather fractures and low transparency. Surface is ground. Side edges are rounded. Tapered at both ends. Single unfinished drill mark on one side, possibly an unfinished suspension hole. Other end is chipped one both sides, with a projection in the centre.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a curved wearing on the back of the blade, which does not reach the cutting edge. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with flaking on the back of the poll. The blade tapers to the cutting edge, at a point. The point is chipped.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the poll. The blade tapers to the cutting edge, at a point. The point is blunt.

Broken pounamu gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The point is curved and blunt, with a chip on the proper right.

Broken bone needle, sharp tip remaining.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The poll is rough, chipped and cracked. The bevel is continuous with the blade.

Fishhook fragment. Head, knob, shank knob and shank intact. Missing base, tip and point.

incomplete (blade, bevel and butt present) trapezoidal, the front narrower than the back The surface is ground with some flaking. No differentiation between the butt and blade. the bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. One-piece fishhook fragment missing point and tip. Head and shank intact, with bait notch at beginning of base.

Broken fishhook shank, most remaining except base. Knob at head.

Broken one-piece fishhook, point remaining. Curved with incurved tip and notch at base.

Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Shank knob and knob at head.

Broken one-piece fishhook point, shank remaining. Shank knob and knob at head.