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Complete straight fishhook point. Notches on external lower side.

Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb near tip.

Broken, fishhook point fragment with the tip missing. The upper point is serrated on the exterior side.

Broken fishhook point, base and mid point remaining, tip not present.

Complete kahu huruhuru, with kiwi and pheasant feathers. Excepting borders, the main body of the cloak is covered with kiwi feather, with a pheasant feather border with distinct blue patch off-centre on left and right edges. Two pair twine, black twine in selvages. Shaped in centre and towards bottom. Manufactured using whatu aho rua (single-pair weft-twining) technique. On the back side, there are five small net bags evenly spaced in two rows - three along the mid-line and two nearer the bottom edge. The left and right edges are multi-strand twists of red, black and undyed string.

Complete bird spear point. Six barbs run the length of the shaft.

Mostly complete threader, broken around the proximal end. There are two striations in the surface at the proximal end.

Complete fish gorge. Small notch on one side at one end.

Mostly complete fish gorge, fragment missing along one side.

Incomplete straight bone pendant. Rounded at one end and coming to a point at an oblique angle at the other end. Slight indentation on one side.

Broken needle, shaft and distal end remaining, in two pieces broken at mid point. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end is broken at the eye.

Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a fine point.

Piece of hollow, straight bird bone. One end is split and worked to a blunt point.

Piece of straight hollow bird bone, worked to a blunt point at one end.

Piece of hollow bird bone, broken and worked to a sharp point at one end.

Piece of hollow bird bone, broken and split at each end. One end has been filed to a sharp point

Piece of straight hollow bird bone, broken at each end and worked to a blunt point on one end.

Mostly complete threader, broken around the proximal end.

Mostly complete threader, broken around the proximal end.

Complete threader.