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Complete curved fishhook point.

Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at tip. External notches at base.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade, with bruising on the bevel. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with a distinct point.

Broken bird spear point, tip is broken and lower shaft is also broken. 8 barbs. It is black on the side, may be burnt and there is surface cracks and cuts on it. In one place it looks cut. White spots on it

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with bruising on the poll. There is no delineation between butt and blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Oval. Ground with heavy bruising and moderate flaking on front and sides. Butt has minor differentiation - front shoulder is slightly raised and sides taper toward poll. Bevel demarcated by a very faint line angling up the blade from the left side proper. Cutting edge is straight and slightly sharp.

Complete adze Oval. Ground with heavy bruising and moderate flaking down sides and around poll. Butt has minor differentiation - sides have been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by straight angled line crossing the blade and tapering down to corners. Cutting edge is moderately sharp and rounded. There is a horizontal break across top of shoulder - adze has been mended back together in the past.

Roughout Asymmetrical. Bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation; sides taper toward poll. Bevel demarcated by rough curved line from corner to corner. Cutting edge rounded, uneven and blunt.

Incomplete adze - poll, butt and shoulder extant. Oval at poll, rectangular at break. Front and sides are bruised, back is ground. Heavy flaking around break. Butt has major differentiation, sides and front have been clearly reduced and front and side of shoulder has been raised. Bevel demarcated by curved line across blade. Cutting edge not present.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Flaked. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by horizontal line across blade. Cutting edge smooth, straight and blunt.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground. There is flaking along the sides of the back, and both flaking and bruising on the sides of the butt. There is a small, rectangular piece of paper adhered to the front. The butt is differentiated by a reduction at the shoulder. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is asymmetrically curved, with the proper right side of the blade longer then the left. The cutting edge is sharp, with a few small chips.

Complete stone chisel. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground on the blade and back, with the sides bruised and flaking at the poll. There is flaking on the proper right back corner. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Complete adze. The cross section is lozenge shaped. The surface is ground with some flaking on the front of the butt. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. The cross section is asymmetrical: lozenge shaped on the proper left side, with a sawing mark and ridge dominating the proper right side. There is a ridge down the centre of the back. The surface is ground. There is a clear, rough substance adhered to the front surface near the poll which also has trapped hair or fibres adhered to it. The butt is undifferentiated. The poll is reduced almost to a point. The bevel is demarcated by a triangular ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is asymmetrically curved, with the proper left side of the blade longer than the right. The cutting edge is sharp.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.

Complete awl or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone.

Broken bone point, broken at the proximal end. Manufactured from hollow bone.

Complete bone point, slightly curved.

Complete bone point, slightly curved.