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Fishhook fragment, point remaining, tip not present.

Middle piece

Complete kahawai lure. Wooden shank with knobs at head and base. Paua shell inlay. Slightly curved bone point with internal barb. Lashings at head and base.

Complete curved bone pendant. Reduced with suspension hole at the proximal end. Rounded at the distal end.

Complete composite fishhook. Wooden shank carved with double-sided faces at the head, one at the base and one below the point and other geometric shapes throughout. Curved bone point with two internal and two external barbs and two internal notches, lashed to the shank with twisted muka. Two knobs at the head with twisted muka lashings and a plaited cord projecting from the top.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye at the proximal end.

Complete straight fishhook point, with an internal barb at the tip and external notches at the base.

Unfinished fish gorge.

Unfinished fish gorge, and broken at one end.

Broken fish gorge, medial portion remaining broken at both ends.

Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip missing.

Broken awl, broken at the proximal end.

Broken curved fishhook point, with tip and point remaining. Base not present. There is an external barb at the point.

Broken, flat piece of bone that is slightly curved.

Broken burnt bone pendant, part of proximal end remaining. Broken suspension hole.

Broken, straight fishhook point with the tip and upper point remaining. It has an upper, internal barb and an external barb just below the internal one. Both sides are serrated above the barbs to the tip. The external side has notches just above where it is broken. The back side of the tip is broken off.

Complete bird spear point. There are five barbs. There is a small notch on the base of the shaft.

Complete bird spear point. There are six barbs.

Complete bone pendant, curved at mid-shaft. Suspension hole at proximal end and coming to a point at the distal end.

Complete straight bone pendant. Surface is polished with remnants of dark pink paint. Off-centre suspension hole at the proximal end. Tapered to a dull point at the distal end.