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Seal jaw bone, some broken teeth remaining in natural position.

Complete kekeno (fur seal) scapula. Three broken notches are evident on the edge of the bone.

Kekeno (fur seal) radius bone. The distal end is missing 35.6mm of one side.

Complete seal femur. No damage evident.

Unfinished and broken toggle. Longitudinal fragment remaining. At both ends there are cutting marks where toggle was intended to be cut to shape. Cracked at one side.

Worked seal rib, broken at each end.

Kekeno (fur seal) ulna. Parallel cuts are evident along the length of the bone. The distal end is worn.

Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end missing tip of point, epiphysis remaining on proximal end.

Cut length of seal bone, epiphysis on one end.

Complete pendant made from a whale tooth. Curved to a point at the distal end. Surface is worn and in poor condition. Proximal end is squared off with a suspension hole at one corner, drilled from both sides. Evidence of broken projections running along the external edge.

Mostly complete patu paraoa, broken at the butt and heavily weathered on the blade edges and back side. Front surface is smooth. Butt is broken with a projection remaining on one side, possibly the remains of a broken perforation. Pronounced shoulders where the handle meets the blade. Decorative ridges and grooves at the proximal end of the blade. There is a projection on the proper right side with a small perforation drilled from both sides; left side also appears to have had a similar projection which has broken off.

This Patu is fragmented, it is just a little part of the handle. At the bottom appear to have Reke markings. This fragment is very weathered.

Complete harpoon head. The proximal end of the base is features a large notch. The lower side of the shaft is reduced where the shaft meets the head. There is one barb. There is a large perforation through the head. The tip is pointed. There are several visible repairs where previously broken. Bone is burned in some places.

Broken patu paraoa, broken at the butt and at the blade edge. Surface is heavily worn. Tapered toward the handle.

Complete patu paraoa. Perforations and some ornamental grooves on butt. Small pieces of blade have broken off.

Bone pendant, broken at distal end with a knob at proximal end.

Complete patu paraoa. The butt has a circular perforation. The patu is heavily worn and has glues keeping it together.

Complete patu paraoa. The handle has a circular perforation at the bottom. The butt is carved and has red wax and paua in the middle of the butt. The patu is in good condition.

complete, everything in place, no Tau. This object is in very good condition. It is covered in quite a few scratches. There is some chipping along the blade.

Complete patu paraoa. Surface is worked smooth. Shoulders where the blade meets the handle. Handle is relatively short. Flared and rounded at the butt, with a drilled perforation.