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Complete curved fishhook point. Made of dog jawbone.

Partially manufactured fishhook

Complete curved fishhook point. Made from jaw, partial tooth remaining.

Dog bone, broken at one end.

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

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.

complete, everything in place, no Tau. This Patu is in very good condition. On one side it is cracked along the blade, it has a small hole along that crack near the bottom. The crack has been fixed with adhesive. At the butt of the patu there are markings, Reke, that surround the hole for the tau.

Whalebone pendant with broken suspension hole at the proximal end. Slightly reduced and flattened at the distal end. Circular cross section.

Complete patu paraoa. Knob at the butt, coming to a dull point. Two large bilateral notches and projections where the blade meets the handle. Small incised marks on the inside of the notches.

Carving of human head made from bone. The back of the carving is concave with two projections at the proximal end either side. Both projections have been perforated - drilled at an angles and subsequently broken. There is a visible repair where previously broken longitudinally ON the proper left side and glued together. There is a centre ridge on the front face from forehead to the raised, squared mouth. The eyes are raised and squared. There are two perforations either side above the mouth, possibly representing nostrils. The chin sits in a deep groove along the bottom edge. There is a horn like projection on the upper proper right side, proper left side broken.

Complete patu paraoa. Previously broken on the blade and glued back together. Four decorative grooves on each side of the butt. Perforation on butt. Sticker residue on one side of blade.

Broken whalebone heru (comb). It is missing two teeth and a portion of the proper left side. The proper left side of the comb has been worn in, potentially to accomodate an ornamental feature which has broken off. The proper left lateral margin has notches from the break to the top of the teeth. Six teeth remain. There is a crack originating at the top of the comb, along with some chipping.