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Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front and sides is ground, surface of back is more roughly ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line.

Complete curved fishhook point. Barbed with serrations on barb and along sides. Notch at base.

Complete roughout Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade - Front reduced, back butt quite rounded Bevel unfinished, but heavy chipping shows start of bevel. Cutting edge unfinished.

Complete blubber spade. Manufactured from iron, now heavily corroded. The base of the blubber spade appears to have the remains of the original shaft remaining in the hollow with two original screws. The proximal end has a curled lip, partially broken. There is a slight longitudinal ridge on both sides of the flat of the blade where the handle meets the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Stone. Green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surfaces of front of blade, sides and back are ground, surfaces of front and sides of butt are bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight. 2 lugs on end of poll. N Z written on front.

Wooden flute; koauau. A longer example unusual in having seven holes on top side. A further flat knotch section has been removed on underside opposite forth hole. Both ends cut flush. Diagonal surface cut just below sixth hole.

Complete wahaika rakau. Geometric and facial design (possibly based on an owl?) carved on blade with mirror image on opposite side. Two of the eight paua shell inlays are missing. Where the blade meets the handle, a human figure is carved with extruding tongue and three fingered hands on chest. Polished, uncarved handle with square-shaped perforation. Human face carving at butt of handle.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green kahurangi variety with white flaws and some feather flakes. Circular with a ground surface and edges. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end.

complete oval Flaked and bruised surface with ground bevel Blade tapers in slightly towards the butt but no differentiation The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The overall shape is irregular and unfinished. The cutting edge has a flake scar near its centre.

The top part of butt on the front and the proper right side on the back is broken off. Slightly rounded rectangle with sharp edge, wider on proper left side. Ground, flaked mostly on back and butt Blade tapers in slightly towards the butt but no differentiation Flake scars on back proper right. Asymmetrical cutting edge, rounded on proper left front and sharp on proper right front. The bevel is continuous with the blade but demarcated by a sharp curve.

The adze is incomplete, with broken top off the blade Lenticular at blade, asymmetrical oval at blade Mostly ground blade with several flake scars. Unworked broken surface on top edge Blade tapers in slightly towards the butt but no clear differentiation. The blade also tapers in slightly towards the cutting edge, more so on the proper left side The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight

complete Trapezoidal with back slightly narrower than the front Ground with several flake scars, bruised at butt The proper right side of the butt is reduced with a clear shoulder, but there is no differentiation on the proper left side The bevel is demarcated by a line that curves from one corner of the cutting edge to the other. Slightly curved sharp cutting edge

complete Rectangular Ground blade and most of front, flake scars especially at the top Blade tapers sharply to meet together at the top. The proper right top side looks unworked. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight Remnants of paper adhered to front near the cutting edge and near top

Broken adze, lower part of the blade only Lenticular with flat sides Ground surface with some flake scars. Rough unworked broken edge The object is just the lower part of the blade There is a slight curve on the bevel to from the blade to the cutting edge. Fairly symmetrical cutting edge with flake scar on both front and back proper left.

Complete Rectangular Partly ground. Flake scars across all surface and bruising at top of front There is no real change from the blade to the butt except a very slight narrowing of the width from the cutting edge up. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is made irregular by flake scars

Kete Muka woven from natural muka (flax fiber). Woven using whatu aho rua (two-pair weft-twining). Cast on using decorative looped whenu in pairs of two. The kaupapa (body) of this kete is decorated with mawhitiwhiti (woven cross stitch) patterns. Frill work woven edge. A piece of muka cord has been looped between stitches along the bottom to add a decorative element.

Kete Muka woven from natural muka (flax fiber). Woven whatu aho rua (two-pair weft-twining). Cast on using decorative looped whenu in pairs of three. The kaupapa (body) of this kete is decorated with mawhitiwhiti (woven cross stitch) patterns. Frill work woven edge. A piece of muka cord has been looped between stitches along the bottom to add a decorative element. Rolled muka cord prepared with the miro (rolling) technique has been introduced as a handle.

Pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety with lighter green inclusions. Surface is ground. Broken at the suspension hole, which was drilled from both sides. Slightly curved to a point at the distal end.

Mostly complete burnt shark tooth pendant. One intact suspension hole and one broken suspension hole at root. Naturally-occurring serrations along each side of the tooth tip.

Mostly complete burnt shark tooth pendant. One intact suspension hole and one broken suspension hole at the root. Naturally-occurring serrations along both sides of the tooth tip.