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Complete patu onewa. Surface is ground and pecked. Butt has a knob on the proximal edge and sawn indentations on either side edge. Sawn indentations create shoulders on either side of the handle where it meets the blade. Blade edges are chipped and show signs of usewear.
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Complete rock drill point. Light brown in colour. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface of both lateral margins.
Complete rock drill point. White and dark grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on the ventral surface of one lateral margin. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface of one lateral margin.
Complete silcrete drill point. Dark brown and mid grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface of both lateral margins.
Complete rock drill point. Dark brown and mid grey in colour. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins. Cortex present on the right lateral margin.
Complete rock drill point. Light brown and light grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on the ventral surface of the left lateral margin. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface of the right lateral margin.
Complete silcrete drill point. Dark brown and light grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface of both lateral margins.
Complete rock drill point. Light brown and mid grey in colour. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.
Complete rock drill point. Dark grey and mid brown in colour. Unifacial retouch on the ventral surface of both lateral margins. Cortex present on the left side of the dorsal surface.
Complete rock drill point. White and dark grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface of both lateral margins.
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.
Argillite drill point. Light grey, cream, light brown, and dark grey in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Weathering. Retouch on right lateral margin of dorsal surface.
Broken silcrete blade, distal end remaining. Cream in colour. Unifacial retouching on the dorsal surface of both lateral margins.
Argillite drill point. Mid brown and dark brown in colour. Cortex present on dorsal surface. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Weathering on dorsal surface.
Argillite drill point. Mid grey and dark grey in colour. Flake scars present. Weathering.