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Complete slate knife. Surface is ground on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Haft end is flat.

Complete slate knife. Cutting edge is blunt and chipped. Surface is bruised and flaked at the haft. Usewear is present across one surface, bevel present on medial portion of other side.

Mostly complete slate knife, reduced and flaked on both sides of the haft. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is ground and bruising is present near the haft. Flaking on the proximal end of haft is present. Very slight bevel is present at cutting edge.

Complete slate knife. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is ground with some flaking present. Slight bevel present on both sides of cutting edge. Usewear is present on surface, especially near haft.

Broken slate file (kani) or polisher. Cross-section is square. Surface is ground. Two sides of the distal end are ground, and reduced down.

Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Haft is flat.

Broken slate knife, distal end remaining. Surface is ground on one side and bruised on the other. Cutting edge is sharp but chipped, with a bevel demarcated by a change in surface.

Broken slate knife is a section of the haft missing. The blade is blunt with a faint bevel on one side. One side of the knife is bruised while the other is ground. There are minor retouching on the lateral margins.

Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with bevel on both surfaces. Haft end is flat. Broken in two pieces and gluded back together.

Broken slate knife, one lateral margin remaining. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is mostly ground with some bruising on both sides. Usewear is present at blade and across surface. Haft is sawn flat.

Mostly complete slate knife, chip missing from cutting edge. Cutting edge is blunt at distal end and sharp at one lateral margin. Surface is ground on one side and bruised on the other side. Some flaking is present at haft and one side of cutting edge.

Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on both sides, with flake scar on one surface. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with chipping on one lateral margin. Haft is flat.

Broken slate knife, haft and one lateral margin remaining. Small section of cutting edge is present which is sharp. Surface is ground on both sides, although there is some flaking around the edges.

Broken slate knife that has a section of the haft remaining. Surface is ground on one side and bruised and flaked on the other side.

Incomplete slate scraper.

Broken slate scraper, curved external edge sharp.

Broken worked piece of black slate, possibly a pendant with the distal end remaining. Tapers to a point at one end.

Broken slate knife, distal portion remaining. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with bevel on both surfaces.

Fragment of worked slate. Surface has been ground smooth. Sawing mark at one end, with additional shallower cut marks on either side. Other end has been worked into a curved edge with a bevel on each side.

Mostly complete slate knife, part of haft is missing or sawn off. Cutting edge is sharp. Surface is ground and shows usewear. Very slight bevel is present at cutting edge and flaking is present at one lateral margin.