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Rakahau te Kohika
Whakarite kai
Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with a deep transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with a transverse lashing groove, deep on one side and shallow on the other.
Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove. Bruising present at one end.
Complete sinker with a shallow transverse lashing groove.
Taoka Māori
Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at tip. Serrations along base.
Complete bone bird spear point. One lateral margin has three barbs. The tip narrows to a sharp point.
Mahi whakairo
Incomplete adze. Cross section lenticular. Surface ground at cutting edge. Bevel demarcated by asymmetric line. Cutting edge is straight and blunt, with chipping.
Rākau o te riri
Complete wahaika paraoa. Large perforation through handle, with a widened knob at the proximal end. Cracks in surface of one side.
Partially manufactured hook
One-piece bone fishhook. Small part of tip has broken off. Knob at head. Bait notch at base.
Complete straight fishhook. Base is shaped like a large hooked barb. There are two notches on external lower point. Serrations with some small barbs on external side towards point. Internal barb, with serrations from barb to tip of point.
Complete straight fishhook point. There are three shallow grooves along the base, the proximal end is reduced.
Complete straight fishhook point.
Complete straight fishhook point with a upper, internal barb. There is a external notch on the base and external serrations.
Complete straight fishhook point. Large curved notch at base, two small notches above. Barb near tip with serrations from barb to tip.
Complete straight fishhook. Serrations on external side, internal barb.
He kura
Piece of worked bone, use unknown. Straight and pointed at each end, with barb-like projections just below each point. Groove in the centre on one side indicates that this may be a pendant.
Complete bone pendant. Straight with four notches carved near the proximal end. Tapered at the proximal end. Comes to a point at the distal end.
