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Complete curved fishhook point.

Complete curved fishhook point.

Fishhook point fragment, curved with base broken.

Complete fishhook point, slightly porous on one side.

Fishhook point fragment, curved with base broken.

Fishhook point fragment, curved with base broken.

Complete curved fishhook point, serrations on the external side from tip down one third of side. One perforation in the base.

Curved fishhook point fragment, point of tip missing. Knobs and notches at base.

Fishhook fragment, tip, point and base present.

Fragment of one-piece fishhook, shank portion remaining. Knobs on head of shank.

Fishhook fragment, point remaining, tip not present.

Middle piece

Complete wooden adze haft. Slightly curved handle, with a long platform at the top. Uncarved. There is a groove around the short end of the platform, and two wider grooves for lashing at the longer end of the platform. There is an adze ( D41.148) lashed to this haft with a length of processed fibre.

Broken wooden bowl, oval in shape. The external side of the base is keeled, with a small flattened area. The internal side of the base is flat and oval. Sides taper outwards to upper lip of the bowl and are higher towards the perforated end. Both ends are missing large fragments from the upper lip. There are two perforations at the higher end.

Complete kahawai lure. Wooden shank with knobs at head and base. Paua shell inlay. Slightly curved bone point with internal barb. Lashings at head and base.

Broken kahawai lure. Medial portion remaining, broken at both ends.

Complete curved bone pendant. Reduced with suspension hole at the proximal end. Rounded at the distal end.

Complete composite fishhook. Wooden shank carved with double-sided faces at the head, one at the base and one below the point and other geometric shapes throughout. Curved bone point with two internal and two external barbs and two internal notches, lashed to the shank with twisted muka. Two knobs at the head with twisted muka lashings and a plaited cord projecting from the top.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye at the proximal end.

Complete straight fishhook point, with an internal barb at the tip and external notches at the base.