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Broken tab. Smoothed on top, bottom and external side. Internal side features large drill marks.

Cut slab of moa bone. Cutting mark on one end.

Broken fishhook tab. Top, bottom and external side are smoothed, circular drill marks along internal side.

Broken fishhook tab. Top, bottom and external side are shaped and smoothed. Circular drill marks along broken edge.

Fishhook tab, one-piece fishhook piece in process of manufacture. There is a large perforation in the centre of the tab.

Cut length of worked moa bone.

Broken tab. Lower and external sides are smoothed. There are circular drill marks along the broken edge.

Smoothed at one end, and partially on the sides, broken at the opposite end.

Worked piece of moa bone. Groove on the surface at one end.

Fragment of worked bone, smoothed on one end.

Complete flute. There are four perforations, three along the top of the flute, and one at the end on the side. The entire surface is decorated with striations that wrap around the flute going in both directions that create a crosshatched pattern.

Complete bone pendant in the shape of a fishhook shank. Two knobs at head and slightly curved toward base. Internal bone structure is visible throughout.

Piece of worked moa bone, possibly the head of a comb. Rounded at the proximal end and broken at the distal end. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident. Cross section is concave.

Partially manufactured fishhook with drill work at centre.

Moa bone, possible fishhook tab. No drill marks.

Complete bone awl. The head has a hole that does not transect the entire bone. The point is sharp, with a small red stain on the back.

Complete albatross awl. The proximal end is flattened. The distal end is sharpened to a sharp point. Towards the proximal end two perforations that do not bisect the whole bone. The two perforations are seperated by a paper sticker with frilled edges.

Complete inner from fishhook tab.

Complete bone minnow lure shank. Perforation drilled from both sides at the head. Head is tapered to a dull point. Base has a knob with two projections on either side.

Fragment of moa bone, one end pointed.