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Complete tuki (mouthpiece for a calabash), previously broken in four pieces and glued back together. Light brown and dark brown wood. Circular, slightly flared at the top rim. Interior surface is smooth. Exterior surface is carved with rauponga (ridges and triangular notches) pattern. Six small perforations at the top rim and ten perforations at the base. Base has a ridge on the rim for fitting onto gourd.

Broken pounamu adze, blade remaining. Dark green in colour. Surface is ground and bruised. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, with a chip missing from the proper right side. Bevel is demarcated by a line.

Complete adze Cross-section is semi-circular, front flattened. Surface is ground Undifferentiated between butt and blade Bevel demarcated by a line

Wooden heru with twenty teeth tied with muka fibre at the head in a diamond-shaped pattern. The two external teeth are larger than the others; one of the teeth has a curved protruding piece at the head (broken on the other side). Wood is polished smooth.

Large wooden kumete. Surface is rough, with adze marks visible. One end shallow with a pouring spout on the edge. Other end is deeper with a slightly squared-off edge and a deep crack. One side of the base is broken with a large hole.

Broken wooden puppet figure with movable arms, left ear, and base not present. Surface is polished smooth except for face, which has a complete incised moko. Large cylindrical head with ears and deeply grooved eyes. Top knot or comb represented by a squared-off projection coming from the top of the head. Square perforations at shoulders where movable arms would have been attached. Four circular perforations on the back side, one of which has a small metal piece sticking out of it. Knees are sawn flat at the front. Broken at the feet, with grooves and remnants of carved toes remaining.

Wooden helve, pounamu/ nephrite blade/inaka variety. Carved handle oval in section, ridge at base extending from tongue of wheku style inward sitting head diminishing at middle to a blunt point at proximal end. Distal end has platform with carved face on internal side below. External/projection at distal end of platform and elaborately carved in form of human figure; inset paua eyes. Manaia sits back to handle and merged with human figure with protruding tongue. Toki blade lashed onto handle with fibre. Blade is thin sectioned , bevelled the full length on true right side but not on other. An approximate 30 degree angled blade which shows sign of some wear. Shimmery green with high schistocity and lighter mottled vein. Two perforations at butt end for attachment. Several cracks including one at centre distal end of toki.

Complete adze. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Sides tapered towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with large chip on proper left front.

Complete comb, manufactured from 19 splinters of wood, including two thinker end pieces. These splinters are connected together by a long length of two-ply fibre that weaves the pieces together. The distal end of the end pieces have knobs that project outwards.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid-grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is mostly ground, with some light bruising and flaking on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Small chip on proper left side.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid green, dark grey, light green, cream. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal, back narrower than front. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface of blade is mostly ground, some bruising, especially on proper left side, and some flaking. Large flake scars on front. Surface of butt is bruised, large flake scars on back. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete comb, manufactured from 22 slivers of wood, with two being thicker end pieces. These tines are strapped together with thin fibre. The thicker end pieces has matching heads that face outwards at the distal end. Both chins are slightly damaged, with one laterally perforated.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, except at poll, which is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, though sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is blunt (heavily chipped) and straight.

Complete kahawai lure. Curved wooden shank with notches at head and base for lashings. Paua inlay. Lashings and cord at head and base. Straight bone point with internal barb. Some remnants of feathers at base.

Complete curved needle. Distal end is pointed. Thickness slightly reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye. Needle is large, with a pronounced curve.

Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Chipped at proximal end.

Complete chisel. Cross-section is semi-circular with proper left side flattened. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, though front, back and sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by angled lines that come together in a point. Bevel is concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved and chipped.

Complete tokotoko (walking stick). Dark brown wood. Carved with three full-length figures and two faces, all with white shell eyes. The top two figures are male and female human figures, with moko. The bottom full-length figure is more stylized, with a large mouth and carved in a triangular notched pattern, creating a shaggy, fur-like body. All figures and faces are carved with a variety of rauponga, rauru, and mangopare patterns. A band of carved mangopare runs down part of the bottom half of the tokotoko. The handle and distal end are undecorated. The distal end appears to have had a cap which has come off.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green inanga variety. Surface is ground smooth. Chisel-shaped. Tapering to the proximal end, which has a flat edge and a shallow groove cut around the perimeter for suspension. Distal end is straight and sharp, similar to a cutting edge, with a bevel on each side demarcated by a line.

Greenstone chisel. Oval cross-section. The surface is ground with saw marks on the sides. There is a bevel on the front and back, both demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is sharp.