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Rakahau te Kohika
Mahi whakairo
Piece of worked slate. Broken at each end and halfway down one side edge. Tapers toward one end. Ten notches running down one side edge. Five notches running down the broken side.
Mahi kai ki uta
Fragment of slate knife with distal portion present. Cutting edge is blunt and chipped. One surface is ground, the other has a flake.
Broken slate knife, no edges discernable. Both surfaces are ground.
Fragment of a slate knife, no discernable edges. Surface is grounded on both sides.
Kā taputapu
Slate flake.
Broken slate knife, distal end remaining. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.
Fragment of a slate knife. No discernable edges. Surface is grounded on both sides.
Taoka Māori
Worked slate, surface ground except where broken.
Complete slate knife. Cutting edge is blunt and chipped. Both surfaces are bruised. Signs of usewear on haft.
Mostly complete slate knife, lateral edges missing. Cutting edge is blunt and chipped. Both surfaces are bruised. Slight bevel.
Fragment of slate knife, no edges remaining. Both surfaces are ground.
Fragment of slate knife, no edges remaining. Both surfaces are bruised.
Broken slate knife, distal portion remaining. Cutting edge is sharp. Both surfaces are ground. Slight bevel.
Broken slate knife, distal portion remaining. Surface is grounded on one side and bruised on the other. Cutting edge is sharp an curved.
Broken segment of slate knife, no discernable edges. Both surfaces are bruised. Hole drilled through knife in one corner
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