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Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Piece of jawbone.

Mostly complete dog skull, broken at the nose. Some teeth still intact.

Piece of whale vertebra with some drill work

Piece of whale vertebra

Piece of whale vertebra

Piece of whale vertebra

Complete dog mandible with most teeth intact.

Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining, broken at base.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining, tip not present.

Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Striations across external curve. Manufactured from jawbone.

Mostly complete patu aruhe made of whalebone. Blade has an elliptical perforation through the centre and is heavily reduced on the sides around the perforation. A groove extends from the perforation around the bottom of the blade. Sides of the blade are also reduced where it meets the handle to form shoulders. Small part of the butt has broken off, and there is an indentation around part of the butt that remains. Cross-section is square on the blade and circular on the handle.

Worked seal rib, broken at each end.

Broken fishhook fragment, unidentified portion remaining. Mostly straight with four perforations.

Complete patu paraoa. Ornamental grooves and circular perforation at butt.

Complete patu paraoa (whale bone club). The handle is demarcated by a curved reduction of the blade. There is two curved ornamental reke (grooves) on the grip. A suspension hole is drilled in the handle, with flaking originating at the hole, reducing the back of the handle. There are surface fissures down the extent of the blade.

Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining. Made of jawbone.

Broken curved fishhook point, upper remaining. Manufactured from the jaw of a dog.

Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. Point is manufactured from dog jaw, with the tip being a sharpened tooth. Smaller fragments of teeth remaining in jaw.

Large piece of whale bone sharpened to a blunt point at the distal end. There is a visible repair where previously broken.

Broken harpoon head, medial portion remaining. The proximal end of the base is broken, with a notch. The lower side of the shaft is reduced where the shaft meets the head. There is one large barb. There is a large perforation through the head. The tip is broken off.