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Complete iron adze or axe head. Cross-section is rectangular. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. The sides reduce from the cutting edge to the poll end.

Complete copper adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Cutting edge is straight and sharp with a slight bevel. There is a bend in the adze about halfway. There is a horizontal groove in the surface of the back of the adze towards the proximal end of the adze.

Dagger with the inscription lā fatā illā ʿAlī lā sayf illā Dhū’l-Faqār - "there is no Hero but Ali, and there is no sword but the Zulfiqar"

Complete hafted adze Cross-section is rectangular. Adze has a smooth, metal surface, though very rusted. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, though sides taper towards poll Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Hafted adze. Adze is connected to shaped haft of dark wood, with twine.

Complete wooden barracouta shank, with metal nails through head and base. Large amount of reduction at head for line attachment. Perforation through base, small fragment of lower base not present.

Complete one-piece iron bait hook with wrapped line. The hook has three notches at the bend of the tip. The tip comes to a blunt point. The head of the lure is wrapped in cord. The cord is 35cm long. The top 9cm are woven into a loop.

Curved wooden sealing club. A cylindrical iron piece is attached by four nails on the exterior side of the blade. Handle is tapered, with a groove and another iron piece running through it. Top and bottom are sawn flat. Large crack running the length of the blade on one side.

Wooden barracouta lure with bent nail point

Complete head of whaling lance. Hollow base where shaft would be inserted, with a perforation on either side. The blade of the lance has a triangular cross-section and tapers to a point at the distal end.

Complete matarau (eel spear). Wooden handle worked to a sharp point at both ends. Six other prongs lashed to one end of the handle with two metal braces and muka fibre.

Complete unfinished rusty iron adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The poll curves towards one side. It is unclear which side the bevel is on as both sides taper towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is chipped.

Complete barracouta fishing rod with attached lure. Rod is slightly curved wood. Carved with a diamond pattern midway down the rod, cross-section is round on the lower half below the carving and slightly flattened at the distal end. Distal end has a groove where the lure is attached with a line made from twisted muka fibre. Lure is wooden with a knob at the head. Point is a curved metal nail in the base. Several other smaller nails through the base for support.

Persian mirror case and stand made of iron, with decoration in silver and gold.