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Complete waka huia made of kauri with braided muka cord for suspension. Mid brown and red in colour. Shape is an elongated oval. Exterior of the box has a male figure carved at each ends, with protruding heads for suspension knobs and bodies carved with geometric patterns. The bottom and sides of the box are divided into quadrats with diagonal rauponga (ridge and triangular notch) pattern. Interior is smooth and undecorated. Top of the lid has copulating couple carved in high relief along centre line as a handle. Rest of lid divided into eight sections with carved diagonal rauponga pattern. Inside of lid is flattened and undecorated, with a broken notch at one end.

Wooden putorino made in two parts, joined down the sides. Middle section oval but round at distal and proximal ends. Proximal end head has serrated paua shell eyes inset. Proximal end flax ties are complete. Middle head flat, with serrated paua shell eye inset, proper left eye is more rudimentary than right. Distal end head has no paua inset and is missing the lower flax tie. The end of the flute is split, with the proper left back chipped.

Kete Muka (Wall Pocket) woven from natural muka (flax fibre). Woven using whatu aho rua (two-pair weft-twining). The kaupapa (body) of this kete is decorated with mawhitiwhiti (woven cross stitch) patterns, whenu (strands) have also been left loose in order to give a ruffled decorative effect. Muka thread has also been looped through ara (wefts) in order to create twirled frills along six wefts. Frill work woven edge. Two muka cords made via miro (rolling) technique adorn each side of the pocket opening, both have tassels attached.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced forming small shoulder, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. ?Southland written on front.

Shallow rectangular wooden tray. Rauponga (notch and groove) and koru pattern on the interior side of the tray. Four human heads with protruding tongues are carved at each corner. Symmetrical straight lines are carved on flat of tray bottom with plain smoothed shoulder. Tray was previously broken in two pieces and glued back together; wood is splintered on the tray rim at the location of the repair.

Complete hei tiki. There is a pendant at the proximal end. There are smooth grooves to make the tiki shape, it looks well worn. Two circular eyes, grooves around the neck, arms and legs. Sawn through at arms and legs.

Takiwai pounamu/nephrite hei tiki. Dark green with very high translucency. Head turned to proper left side. Both hands on thighs with three fingers. Large hole drilled right of centre by eye. Red sealing wax evident in eyes. Relief around mouth, nose and eyes light and polished on both sides. Drilled through at arms and feet.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green kawakawa variety with black inclusions. Surface is ground. Cross section is circular. Proximal end is squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Notch on one side edge below the suspension hole. Distal end comes to a dull point.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and black takiwai variety. Surface is polished. Chisel-shaped with rectangular cross section. Proximal end has a suspension hole drilled from both sides and the proximal edge is rounded. Distal end is bevelled on both sides, each demarcated by a line, with a straight edge.

complete oval cross-section Bruised surface There is an indent in the proper right side possibly marking where the blade meets the butt, but it is smooth on the proper left side. The blade and cutting edge are relatively symmetrical. The bevel has a narrow band of texture at the cutting edge that is smoother than the blade

Plaster cast of a koruru or tekoteko figure, from the gable of a wharenui. Painted black. Head carved at the distal end with ruru/owl shaped eyes with nose, lips, and a tongue cut off horizontally at the distal edge. Proximal portion is made of a rectangular slab of wood with a perforated geometric carving projecting from the front. Two perforations at the proximal end with a piece of twisted wire tied through it. Back is undecorated with chisel marks evident.

Complete tatā (canoe bailer). Oval in outline and shallow. Finely carved and worn through use to a fine polish. The bailer was possibly made with stone tools. It is made from the wood of totara (Podocarpus totara) cut at an angle to the grain from a large diameter trunk. Carved proximal end features double tongue with a double manaia forming mouth. A classic Kai Tahu pakura design is featured on the lips and nose. Handle also adorned with head. The distal end of the bailer is chipped. Repair visible on back. There is a groove down the centre back.

Complete kotiate made of wood. Two perforations on sides of blade. Six carved spirals/circles on blade. Face carving on butt with paua shell inlay eyes.

Complete mutu (bird snare) made from a single piece of dark brown wood. Perch has a figure carved facing the proximal end, with four-fingered hands resting on stomach and feet together. Eyebrows, nose, and pointed mouth indicated on head. A rounded knob projects from the perch and one end curves upward. The handle is straight, with another face carved into the butt; the eyes are depicted by a perforation. Two pieces of vine are curved through perforations at the butt and below the abdomen of the figure on the perch; the vine at the butt is also lashed with a fibre cord. A twisted and knotted cord passes through another perforation at the perch figure's forehead.

Complete pekapeka pendant. Mid-green and light grey pounamu. Surface is polished. Two bird heads represented on the right and left side edges. Necks and bodies spiral toward each other in the centre of the pendant, creating several perforations.

Complete patu onewa, with no tau. Drill perforation present, Butt has ornamental grooves around the top and blade has moderate chipping around bottom edges. There is a large chip on side of blade, and minor scratches on front/back of blade.

Unfinished waka huia made of porokaiwhiri. Mid-brown in colour. Cross-section is a flattened oval. The exterior side of the box is partially carved in a rauponga (ridge and triangular notch) pattern; about one-quarter is unfinished. Undecorated human heads protrude from either end of the box, with a perforation drilled behind each head for suspension. The interior of the box and both sides of the lid are undecorated. The bottom of the lid is flattened and rests on the box with tongue and groove joint.

Piece of jade, in the form of a roughly worked adze. Underside of adze has a large ridge in the middle. Grooves each side. Slight bend in shape of adze, is mostly rectangular. Curved bevel with sharp blade. Top surface is curved, with the poll end mostly unworked, and darker in colour.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground with some bruising. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced after large curved ridge, poll flares slightly. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. Southland written on front.