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Complete one-piece fishhook, unfinished. Previously broken at upper and lower point, now fixed. Surface has modern markings showing how head and tip would have been finished. Knob at head.

Complete, straight fishhook point with two upper, internal barbs; one just below the other. It has lower, exterior basal notches.

Burnt shark tooth pendant, broken at the root and along the sides of tooth. Sides of the root and the proximal end have been squared off. Two drill marks indicating broken suspension holes. Naturally-occurring serrations along sides of tooth.

Broken bone comb, part of proximal end and proximal end of one tooth remaining. Proximal edge and remaining side edge have decorative notches.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb. It has lower, exterior basal notches. The base is a lot wider than the point.

Complete tatā (canoe bailer). Light brown rimu wood. Surface is worked smooth but with wood grain still evident. Handle is straight with a carved face at the butt (browline, bulbous eyes, and nose are indicated). Style departs from traditional design with handle at back, indicates European influence. A chip is missing from centre edge of pouring edge.

Complete kinked bone pendant. Knob at proximal end on the side of the suspension hole.

Complete bone pendant. Kinked twice along shaft with a suspension hole at the proximal end.

Complete straight bone pendant. Notched along sides and tapered to a point at distal end. Knob at proximal end with a small portion chipped off.

Complete bone pendant with suspension hole. Slightly curved at both ends

Complete bone pendant. Suspension hole at the proximal end, coming to a point at the distal end.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye near the proximal end that is also sharp. The eye is filled in with an old, dried substance.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, featuring a drilled circular eye.

Unfinished needle, sharp at both ends. One end is chipped, one side with one notch, the other with two notches. No eye.

Bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Knob part-way down. Curved to a point.

Complete bone pendant. Kinked in two places down the shaft. Broken suspension hole.

Broken bone pendant in three pieces. Straight with suspension hole.

Broken needle, broken at eye. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end, broken at the very end.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end. Small fragment missing from proximal end.

Complete ivory pendant. Suspension hole at the distal end. Groove along interior curve.