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Rakahau te Kohika
Antiquities
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Whakarite kai
Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with bevel on both surfaces. Haft end is flat.
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 slate knife, distal portion remaining. Surface is grounded and bruised on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.
Mostly complete slate knife; reduced and flaked on both lateral margins, one lateral margin possibly missing. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is ground on both sides and bruised near haft on one side. Slight bevel is present at cutting edge and haft is flaked.
Broken slate knife, cutting edge remaining. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped at distal end and blunt at remaining lateral margin. Surface is ground, slight bevel is present.
Broken slate knife, portion of haft and one lateral margin remaining. Outer surface is ground on one side and bruised on other side. Significant flaking is present around outer edge
Broken slate knife, cutting edge remaining. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is ground, bevel is present at cutting edge. Evidence of usewear is present
Broken slate knife, portion of cutting edge remaining. Cutting edge is blunt. Surface is ground.
Broken slate knife, small portion of cutting edge remaining. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is bruised. Bevel is present at cutting edge.
Complete slate knife. Cutting edge is blunt. Surface is ground on one side and bruised on the other. Usewear is present on cutting edge, flaking present at haft edge.
He kura
Broken dark red pendant, distal end not present. Other pieces broken off and glued back on. Surface is ground and flaked. Proximal end tapered and squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Sides are slightly flattened and fan out from proximal end.
Complete slate knife. Cutting edge is sharp. Both surfaces are ground, with one side having slight bruising. Haft is bruised. Bevel present on both sides.
Broken slate knife with the blade remaining. The blade has usewear across it. Both the surfaces are ground. The margins are chipped.
Broken slate knife, distal end remainig. Surface is ground on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp with a bevel on both sides. Cutting edge is curved.
Broken slate knife, proximal end remaining. Broken along cutting edge and chipped on one side. Surface is ground, with faint scratches. The haft is flat.
Broken slate knife, proximal end remaining. Knife is broken along lower cutting edge, though one side has a slight bevel is sharpened, possibly reworked. Haft end is flat. Surface is mostly ground, with some flaking towards haft end.