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Worked pounamu Asymmetrical Surface is ground on one side and flaked on the other. Butt not present. Bevel and cutting edge not present.

Complete patu paraoa. Ornamental grooves and circular perforation at butt.

Complete gouge Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground. Pounamu is oxidised white. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is curved and concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Mostly complete bone pendant, broken on the proximal end at the suspension hole. Straight and tapered to a point at the distal end.

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey and mid grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is mostly ground on blade, with some bruising on sides. Surface of butt is bruised and flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. Ocean Beach. written on front. Sticker on front; "Moritzson Collection".

complete rectangular The surface is ground with significant bruising and flaking. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade, with a minor reduction from the blade to the butt on the front and front sides. the bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp but slightly chipped.

Pounamu/ nephrite, kawakawa variety - dark green, mottled. Bird form. Left side and distal edge curve (stomach) Right side as platform-like projection with groove cut around proximal end forming a knob to tie off on. Ground on several planes Complete adze Cross section is rectangular. Surface is ground, except for areas of flaking. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Back reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Small chip missing mid cutting edge

Complete cord drill made of wood with lashings of string and muka cord and a chalcedony drill point. Drill consists of a central spindle, a circular whirl, and four centre supports. The surfaces have been worked smooth. Perforated near the proximal end of the spindle. Distal end is notched on one side, and the chalcedony drill point is lashed to it with string.

roughout Irregular trapezoid cross-section with the back narrower than the front Flaked surface There is no differentiation between blade and butt It is unclear which end of this adze is the bevel and which is the poll. The narrower end has a straight and sharp cutting edge and a smooth curve to the edge. The wider end is flat, flaked and asymmetrical

Complete waka huia. Square in cross-section. Decorated on lid in carved groove and dot motif worked in three sections into complex patterns. The carving patterns differ on both long sides. The base has the groove and dot pattern in swirling pattern that forms two highly stylised faces with (not original) inlay paua shell eyes. The handles are elongated laterally and decorated with an abstract pattern. They are perforated vertically for suspension cord. On one end of the lid there is a centred, wide and flat tongue that has a matching slot. There is a small chip in the corner on this end of the lid. On the other end of the lid, the tongue is off-centre and narrower, with a matching slot. Modern fibre through handle perforations for suspension.

Complete kahu huruhuru, with kiwi and pheasant feathers. Excepting borders, the main body of the cloak is covered with kiwi feather, with a pheasant feather border with distinct blue patch off-centre on left and right edges. Two pair twine, black twine in selvages. Shaped in centre and towards bottom. Manufactured using whatu aho rua (single-pair weft-twining) technique. On the back side, there are five small net bags evenly spaced in two rows - three along the mid-line and two nearer the bottom edge. The left and right edges are multi-strand twists of red, black and undyed string.

Complete Rectangular cross-section at bevel, square at butt Bruised surface with ground area at end of bevel on front and back. The front and sides are reduced at the butt with rounding off of the corners at the shoulder. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The sharp edges at the side of the bevel round off as they continue up the blade. Rounded poll.

Complete hinaki (eel trap), made from vine. Eel funnel at one end with plaited internal end. Elongated, bulbous body, tapered to another opening at the other end (without a lid or funnel). Plaited handle attached below the opening.

Complete matarau (eel spear). Wooden handle worked to a sharp point at both ends. Six other prongs lashed to one end of the handle with two metal braces and muka fibre.

Complete matarau (eel spear). Wooden handle worked to a sharp point at one end. Six other prongs lashed to the point of the handle with vines and muka fibre.

Wooden kumete. Surface is rough with cracks throughout. Elongated oval in shape. Base is flat and squared both internally and externally. Sides are straight and slant outward internally at each end. One end has a broken knobbed projection for handle. Rim is flattened at each end, but broken and cracked on the sides.

Model of a mokihi, created by binding bundles of bulrush with flax. The prow is double ended, with the top binding of bulrush ending approximately 19cm before the lower prow.

Complete pōhā used for preserving tītī, consisting of a kelp bag inside of a flax kete with a bark liner. Kete is made in an under-one, over-one pattern, and plaited around the top edge. Long strips of bark, probably totara, cover the kelp bag, and are lashed together with strips of flax, and tied together tightly at the top.

Complete iron adze or axe head. Cross-section is rectangular. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. The sides reduce from the cutting edge to the poll end.

Hei tiki, broken at the distal end. Dark and mid green pounamu. Surface is ground smooth. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end. Head is tilted to the proper left side with eyebrows, eyes, nose and open mouth indicated. Proper right hand rests on chest and proper left rests on thigh. Each hand has three fingers and a thumb. Arms are curved, creating perforations. Proper right leg curves under torso, creating another perforation. Proper left leg is broken off.