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Complete kahawai lure. Curved wooden shank with knob at base for lashings. Iridescent paua shell inlay. Muka lashings at head and base. Twisted muka cord attached at head. Straight bone point with very prominent internal barb.

Complete kahawai lure. Wooden shank with paua shell inlay. Straight bone point with internal barb. Muka lashings at head and base with twisted cord bundle at head.

Complete two-piece fish hook, with wooden shaft and bone point. Point is straight and barbed. Point is lashed with muka at base. Shaft is cylindrical in shape, with curved base and knob at head.

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end

Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Pointed at both ends and manufactured from hollow bone. Split at one end.

Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is pointed, but blunt. There is a slight curve to the shaft and no eye at the proximal end.

Worked bone, length of hollow bone decorated with groups of three striations at even spaces down each side. One end is heavily chipped and cracked.

Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There are groups of notches along the top and bottom. Ten groups, each with between five and nine notches. Epiphysis remaining on the proximal end.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.

Complete needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There is a small section of chevron patterned striations on the proximal end below the eye. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete needle. Distal end is blunt. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.

Complete point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Epiphysis remaining at the proximal end.

Broken bone point, tip remaining.

Complete bone pendant. Reduced at the proximal end with two notches on one side and coming to a point at the distal end. Four barb-like notches running down one side and single large notch on opposite side, both sides serrated.

Complete bone bird spear point. Two barbs.

Broken bird spear point, base remaining. There are two barbs, with a notch in between.

Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. Visible repair at proximal end where previously repaired. There are four barbs, all serrated along the top edge.

Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There is no eye at the proximal end, some chipping.

Complete needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There is a visible repair at the midpoint of the needle, where previously broken. There is a large, rough eye near the proximal end.

Complete needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There is no eye at the proximal end, which is chipped.