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Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Puoro
Broken flute, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished. There are two X marks and one diagonal striation on the surface.
Taoka Māori
Broken toggle fragment, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end finished, the other broken.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Both ends are finished.
Broken toggle, fragment remaining, finished at one end. There are diagonal striations at the lower edge. Bone appears burned.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment, broken at both ends. Surface is covered in diagonal striations.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end finished. Striations on surface in a variety of patterns.
Broken toggle, fragment remaining. Finished end is serrated.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. This fragment is finished at both ends, and both are serrated.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at one end.
Broken toggle, small longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished. There are striations across the surface. One end is stained.
Broken toggle, small fragment remaining. One end is finished, at the broken end there is a partial perforation. There are striations across the surface.
Taoka whakarākei
Complete pendant made from a whale tooth. Curved to a point at the distal end. Surface is worn and in poor condition. Proximal end is squared off with a suspension hole at one corner, drilled from both sides. Evidence of broken projections running along the external edge.
Rākau o te riri
Mostly complete patu paraoa, broken at the butt and heavily weathered on the blade edges and back side. Front surface is smooth. Butt is broken with a projection remaining on one side, possibly the remains of a broken perforation. Pronounced shoulders where the handle meets the blade. Decorative ridges and grooves at the proximal end of the blade. There is a projection on the proper right side with a small perforation drilled from both sides; left side also appears to have had a similar projection which has broken off.
Complete harpoon head. The proximal end of the base is features a large notch. The lower side of the shaft is reduced where the shaft meets the head. There is one barb. There is a large perforation through the head. The tip is pointed. There are several visible repairs where previously broken. Bone is burned in some places.
Broken patu paraoa, broken at the butt and at the blade edge. Surface is heavily worn. Tapered toward the handle.
Bone pendant, broken at distal end with a knob at proximal end.
Complete flute. There are four perforations, three along the top, and one at the end. Groups of diagonal striations wrap around the flute. There is a crack that runs through the perforations, and others along the length of the flute.
Complete patu paraoa. Perforations and some ornamental grooves on butt. Small pieces of blade have broken off.
Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. There is a single deep cut mark at one end.
Fishhook tab, partially manufactured hook.