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Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka whakarākei
Complete bone pendant with suspension hole. Reduced (or small piece broken off) on one side at the proximal end. Indentation with corresponding knob at the proximal end. Curved to a point at the distal end.
Complete curved bone pendant with suspension hole.
Bone pendant, small part broken off of distal end. Slightly curved toward the distal end with a suspension hole at the proximal end.
Bone pendant, small part broken off at the distal end. Surface has pink discoloration. Proximal end is kinked and reduced toward the suspension hole.
Complete pendant with drilled suspension hole. Triangular, tapered toward the proximal end. Curved ridge near centre of pendant on one side. Indentation on one side near the distal end.
Complete pendant made from a seal tooth. Two perforations at the root.
Taoka Māori
Complete toggle. There is single large perforation through the centre. Both ends are carved in a short, comb-like teeth pattern.
Complete bone bird spear point. Four barbs. Notches along both sides of the lower shaft. Previously broken in two pieces at the base and glued back together.
Complete bone bird spear point. Two barbs. Notches along each side.
Broken bone bird spear point, proximal end remaining. One complete barb and one broken barb remaining. Notches down one side.
Mostly complete bone bird spear point. Two complete barbs and one broken barb.
Complete bone point. Distal end is sharpened, proximal end has a notch on one side.
Complete fish gorge.
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, one end remaining. There are three perforations, two along the top and one at the finished end. A crack runs through the perforations to the end. Striations decorate the surface in a cross-hatched pattern.
Complete, curved one-piece fishhook, although the very tip is missing. At the head it has knob which was broken off but has been fixed and a shank knob.
Complete, curved one-piece fishhook. The tip has an incurred point and the head has a knob.
Complete, curved one-piece fishhook. The exterior side is fully serrated and there is a knob on the head and a shank knob.
Mostly complete curved fishhook point. Slight chip at base.