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Complete pendant made from a seal tooth. Two perforations at the root.
Taoka Māori
Complete fishhook point. Curved and barbed with serrations. Knob and perforation at base.
incomplete curved fishhook point. The tip is missing, leaving the point and base. Perforation in the base. About 20 serrations up the exterior edge.
incomplete curved fishhook point, the tip, point and part of the base is present. A perforation was drilled through the base though half is gone. No barb. About 14 serrations up one edge.
Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Perforation through base, which is hollow. Knob on lower external side. Serrations along external side. Upper tip not present, but evidence of barb just before break, Manufactured from a seal tooth.
Complete pendant made from an animal tooth. Surface has been smoothed, flattened at the root. Tooth has been cut so that tip is not longer present. Unusual in that suspension hole has been drilled into the tooth rather than at the root like most pendants.
Broken seal tooth, half of tooth tip and distal portion of root remaining. Large cut mark where the tip meets the root.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Serrations along external and internal sides.
Complete kinked bone pendant with suspension hole.
Ivory or tusk pendant, broken with heavy wear at the distal end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides.
Dog tooth pendant
Complete pendant made from a curved seal tooth. Suspension hole at root. Hollow.
Curved whale ivory pendant, broken along one side of the proximal end. Drill mark indicating a broken suspension hole.
Complete curved fishhook point, Manufactured from a dog tooth.
Complete curved fishhook point.
Complete curved fishhook point. Perforation through base. Two small external barbs, with serrations between.
Complete bone pendant in the shape of a koru spiral.
Complete seal tooth pendant. Curved with broken suspension hole at root.
Pendant made from a seal tooth. Two cut rectangular suspension holes at the root. Crack along one side from root to tip.
Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole at the proximal end and tapered to a point at the distal end.