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Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
Complete mid grey silcrete drill point. Cortex on the proximal end. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins. There is a lot of flake scarring and it is quite dirty.
Complete mid brown silcrete drill point. It has a polished bottom on the ventral surface. Unifacial retouch along both lateral margins. Lots of flake scarring.
Complete white silcrete drill point. There is cortex on the ventral surface, there is unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin of the ventral surface. Also present is flake scarring.
Complete mid grey silcrete drill point. The ventral surface has been polished smooth. There is heavy flake scarring along both lateral margins.
Complete white silcrete drill point. Cortex located on the dorsal surface. There is a lot of flake scarring on all surfaces and margins.
Complete dark grey silcrete drill point. Ventral and dorsal surfaces very flat and smooth. There is a lot of flake scarring on both lateral margins.
Broken silcrete drill point, termination not present. White in colour. Bifacial retouching on both lateral margins, as well as on the ventral surface.
Silcrete drill point. Light brown in colour. Flake scars present.
World
Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with bevel on both surfaces. Haft end is flat.
Antiquities
Mostly complete slate stone knife, fragment of one side of cutting edge broken off. One side is flat, partially bruised and partially ground. The other side is convex and is entirely ground. It is rounded at the handheld end.
Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Flake scars on both the dorsal and ventral surface. Bifacial retouching on both lateral margins
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Dark orange in colour. Large amount of flaking and retouch on the ventral surface at the proximal end to form a tang. Some unifacial retouch on the ventral surface on the proper right lateral margin below the tang.
Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and light brown in colour. Dorsal flake scars present. Flake scar at proximal end of dorsal surface. Unifacial retouch on the right lateral margin on the dorsal surface.
Mostly complete silcrete blade, the termination is not present. Light brown and light orange colour. Flake scars evident on dorsal surface.
Complete light brown coloured blade. Unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin.
Complete mica schist file. Dark grey in colour. Cross section is round. Tapered to the distal end.
Broken silcrete blade, Proximal portion remaining. Light grey in colour. Unifacial retouching on the ventral surface of the proper left , and bifacial retouching on the proper right lateral margin.