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Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete one-piece fishhook with incurved point, shank knob and external knob at head.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Mahi whakairo
Piece of hollow, straight bone, worked to a blunt point.
Broken curved shank. Fragment is missing from head, though shaping where knob meets head is remaining. Small notch just before break at base.
Complete, curved fishhook point fragment.
Complete straight fishhook point with internal barb and serrations on external side of point and internal side of tip.
Kā taputapu
Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular on the blade and circular on the butt Surface is bruised with some flaking and grounding Differentiation between the butt and the blade; sides are slightly reduced Bevel is demarcated by a line but heavily flaked. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking
Broken bone pendant or cloak pin, proximal portion not present. Straight and tapered to a point at the distal end. Surface is polished.
Broken pounamu drill point, lower blade remaining. The cross section is an asymmetric pentagon. The surface is ground, with flaking at the poll and cutting point. There are concave wearing on two of the five sides. The point is chipped off.
Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular Surface is ground with some bruising on sides of the butt. Large flake missing from proper left side of blade Minor differentiation between the butt and blade. Sides are slightly tapered. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp on proper right side, but not present on proper left side.
Complete curved fishhook point. Notch on external side near point.
Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. Wide, flat base.
Broken adze, most of blade remaining Cross-section is rectangular Surface is ground but heavily flaked towards butt and on cutting edge Sides are tapered towards the butt, but most of the butt is not present Bevel and cutting edge are not present due to flaking
Incomplete straight fishhook point. Very tip of fishhook is missing. 3 distinct notches are present at base portion.
Complete, silcrete blade that is mid brown and light grey in colour. It has flaking near the termination on the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on the ventral surface of the proper right lateral margin.
Curved fishhook point fragment, base broken, point and tip present. Internal barb and tip of point.
Broken curved fishhook point fragment, with most remaining except tip and base. Serrations along external edge.
Taoka whakarākei
Curved bone pendant, mostly complete except for small piece broken off of suspension hole. Has been previously broken on the upper portion and glued back together.
Broken adze, butt remaining Cross-section is trapezoidal on the blade and circular on the butt Surface is ground with bruising around the top of the butt and flaking on the blade Major differentiation between the butt and blade. Sides are reduced to create shoulders Bevel and cutting edge are not present.
Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, rough areas along sides. Flaked along blade. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, chipped.