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Mostly complete straight fishhook point. Tip missing. Two notches near base on outside.

Complete curved fishhook point. Two notches near base; slightly in curved point.

Bone curved fishhook point. Lower remaining. Tip broken off.

Broken curved fishhook point fragment. Base remains, notch at base.

Complete curved fishhook point. Knob at head.

Straight, serrations along one side. Appears to be burnt.

Partially manufactured hook.

Complete fishhook point. Straight with internal and external barbs. Serrations on barbs and notches at base. Groove running length of one side.

Complete curved fishhook point

Broken patu paraoa, butt of handle remaining. Bone is worn and porous.

Bone - bird. Proximal end squared with perforation drilled both sides. Distal end broken. 8 notches left side, 7 right side. HD Skinner comments, notches may be ornamental and object a pendant.

Shark tooth pendant with suspension hole at root. Red sealing wax on root, some of which has chipped away.

Back slightly concave. Sides of blade straight. Proximal (blade) edge rounded and damaged. Shoulders slight. Flattened in cross section. Butt - flattened with left side rounded projection and right side squared projection. Cortex of bone on back. complete, everything in place, no Tau.This Patu is in a relatively good condition, it is although, a bit weathered. The underside is covered with holes due to the natural structure of the bone. There is no hole for the Tau. The top of the blade is slightly chipped.

Complete bone needle, large. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye at the proximal end. At the very proximal end, there is a notch, possibly from a broken eye.

Partially complete patu paraoa. One side of the butt and small part of an edge of the blade have broken off. Knob on remaining side of butt and then slightly reduced at the handle. Deep centre groove on one side, just below the handle.

Complete patu paraoa (whale bone club). The handle is demarcated by a curved reduction of the blade. There is two curved ornamental reke (grooves) on the grip. A suspension hole is drilled in the handle, with flaking originating at the hole, reducing the back of the handle. There are surface fissures down the extent of the blade.

Unfinished needle, broken in two pieces. Distal end is sharp, slightly curved shaft. Thickness reduced at the proximal end.

Unfinished needle. The distal end is sharp, but not pointed. The proximal end has the thickness reduced, but it becomes wider. There is a drill mark on one side of the proximal end.

Tattoo chisel, of comb variety. Possibly unfinished, with cutting edge complete but hafting end left unfinished. There is one deep and several shallow striations towards the hafting end that run latitudinally. At the cutting edge there are teeth. The teeth are incurved, being longer on the outside and shorter towards the middle. In the gaps between the teeth, there are a few specks of dirt.

Broken curved one-piece fishhook with most remaining except head and tip.