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Complete curved fishhook point

Complete curved fishhook point made from a jawbone. Teeth socket perforations along base.

Complete curved fishhook point. Made from animal jaw, teeth perforations along side.

Complete fishhook tab, sides smoothed but not shaped. There are drill marks on both sides.

Complete bone point, stout. Distal end comes to a point that is chipped. Proximal end is wide and thick. There is a groove across the surface where the point meets the proximal end.

Complete dog jaw mandible. Missing front teeth and rear most tooth, six teeth remaining.

Complete flute. There are four perforations, three grouped together along the top of the flute, followed by a drill mark. The fourth perforation is at one end. There are striations in a chevron pattern across the surface

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

Complete patu paraoa. The butt of the Patu is missing a chunk of bone, the underside there is a large amount of bone missing from the edge and from the top of the blade. On the bottom edge blade of the Patu is serrated.

Complete patu paraoa. The butt has a circular perforation with lines carved below this. The patu has a portion missing from the butt and side of blade.

Complete curved fishhook point. Manufactured from a canine jaw.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower portion remaining. Manufactured from canine jaw.

Broken fishhook tab, centre drilled out, external edges shaped. Manufactured from dog jaw, there are fragments of teeth remaining.

Worked slab of whale bone, rounded at top and bottom.

Worked length of dog jaw, smoothed at the bottom of the jaw.

Broken tab. Smoothed on top, bottom and external side. Internal side features large drill marks.

Cut slab of moa bone. Cutting mark on one end.

Broken fishhook tab. Top, bottom and external side are smoothed, circular drill marks along internal side.

Broken fishhook tab. Top, bottom and external side are shaped and smoothed. Circular drill marks along broken edge.

Fishhook tab, one-piece fishhook piece in process of manufacture. There is a large perforation in the centre of the tab.