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Complete ivory pendant. Curved with two suspension holes at proximal end.
Seal tooth pendant with suspension hole at the root end.
Taoka Māori
Complete unworked seal tooth. Point chipped off.
Complete unworked seal tooth. Point blunt.
Complete seal tooth and root.
Worked seal tooth, broken at each end. Longitudinal saw marks on each side edge.
Seal tooth. Split in half with a heavily weathered surface.
Seal tooth, broken at the root, which is solid. Longitudinal saw mark along each side.
Complete fishhook point, curved with internal and external serrations and perforation at base.
Complete fishhook point made from a seal's tooth. Perforation at the base. One external barb and one internal barb, both with serrations. Serrations run external edge of point and a knob near the base.
Complete fishhook point, curved with internal and external serrations and knob at base.
Seal tooth pendant. Notch at root end for suspending (possibly a broken suspension hole).
Mostly complete fishhook point or pendant, small part broken off base and tip. Suspension hole and knob at the base. One external barb and two internal barbs. Serrations along the external side from tip to base and on the internal side of the barbs.
Complete pendant made from a seal tooth. Sides of the root have been carved to form a square cross-section. Suspension hole at the root end.
Complete curved fishhook point with notches at base. Made from a seal's tooth.
Complete pendant made from a seal tooth. Two perforations at the root.
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.