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Broken bone point, base remaining.

Complete bead. Hollow of bone is packed with dirt.

Piece of hollow, straight bone, broken at one end. The other end is split and worked to a sharp point. Surface has evidence of polishing marks around the point.

Piece of hollow, straight bone, broken at one end. Split about halfway down the shaft on one side and worked to a point at the end.

Broken curved fishhook point, all remaining but upper tip. External barb at midsection.

Large partially manufactured flute. Severely cracked, some fragments missing. Visible repairs where previously broken. Finished at both ends, no perforations.

Complete bone pendant with suspension hole at the proximal end, slightly curved to a dull point at the distal end.

Piece of straight bird bone, broken lengthwise. Filed at one end at an angle and worked to a blunt point.

Fragment of partially manufactured flute. Remaining end is finished with a perforation. There are two more drill marks along the top, one very faint, and another just at the broken edge. There are cutting marks around the flute just before the broken end, possibly to be reworked into another object. Cracked.

Partially manufactured flute. Finished at one end, with a drilled perforation. The other end is broken.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished and the other is broken. There are striations around the finished end.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at both ends, and serrated at one.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Serrated at both ends.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Serrated on both ends.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Both ends are finished. Deep striation at one end, and lighter striations in a diagonal pattern at the other end.

Small fragment of bird bone, worked to a blunt, flattened point at one end.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Serrated at both ends, with a large perforation through the centre of the fragment.

Broken moa bone fishhook, missing a fragment of the head. The head has an external knob remaining. The bend is flattened at the base, with a residue on the back of the bend. A suspension hole has been drilled in the head. The tip is blunt.

Unfinished toggle.

Piece of straight bird bone, broken in half lengthwise and worked to a blunt point at one end.