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Complete fish gorge.

Broken tattoo chisel, partially manufactured. Broken at both ends. Sides taper at one end, and at the other the surface of the bone appears bruised.

Complete tattoo chisel. There are two notches on one side of the chisel, approximately equidistant from either end. There is a latitudinal striation below the lower notch across the width of the chisel, followed by short striations all along the same side. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete tattoo chisel. This one is unusually wide. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete tattoo chisel. Hafting end reduced with a notch on either side. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, though chipped. Distinct bevel down to cutting edge.

Complete tattoo chisel, possibly unfinished. The proximal end has a notch on either side. One surface of the chisel has darkened striations in a cross-hatched pattern. The proximal end is sharp but chipped.

Broken tattoo chisel, upper portion remaining. Hafting end is reduced at both corners. The cutting edge is broken off.

Broken tattoo chisel, mostly complete but chipped along cutting edge. Small teeth along remaining length of cutting edge.

Complete tattoo chisel, though unfinished. Deep reduction at end of hafting edge, from perforation drilled though and then lengthened. Cutting edge is blunt and curved, with grooves that would become teeth.

Complete bone point, distal end sharpened to a fine point.

Broken patu paraoa, two fragments remaining. Fragment A is a long slender portion of the blade, broken at either end. There is are two arrow shaped grooves on the surface of the patu, one pointing in either direction. The bone is worn and porous. Fragment B is the butt end of the handle, widest at the very end.

Incomplete putatara. There are three perforations at the apex of the spire where the mouthpiece would have been attached. There is a perforation and a partial perforation at the proximal end of the outer lip, with a fragment missing along the edge of the lip.

Complete flute, though there is a large fragment missing from the proximal end. There are four perforations, one on the side at the proximal end, and three perforations along the top.

Unfinished flute. There is one partially bored perforation about 6cm from one end. There are two longitudinal cracks.

Mostly complete flute, repair visible where previously broken, but there is still a fragment missing from one end. There are two sets of perforations, four in each set. On the side, only two perforations go all the way through, with two shallower drill marks that do not. Along the top edge there are four complete perforations.

Broken flute, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at both ends. There are three perforations, two remained whole, and one partial. There are three diagonal striations at one end. There is dried adhesive along the broken long edges.

Complete flute, finished at both ends, though there is a small fragment missing from the distal end. There are three perforations. Two diagonal striations near the proximal end. There are a few cracks between the finger holes and around the broken end.

Complete flute. There is residue from an unknown material on the surface. There are four perorations, one on the side of the proximal end and three along the top. There is a large crack running from the distal end to the middle.

Complete flute. There are four perforations, one at the proximal end, and three along the top. There is a large crack filled with adhesive along the bottom of the flute.

Complete flute, small. There are seven perforations, six along the top, and one at the end. Striations in a chevron pattern on one side, and short diagonal striations on the opposite side.