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Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, exterior notches. It has a lower notch across the face of the base.

Middle piece of tab with clear grooves circulating bone piece.

Complete curved bone pendant. On one end, there is a suspension hole which has a small piece broken off.

Complete bone pendant. Curved with suspension hole at one end.

Broken bone fishhook point, base remaining, possibly worn as a pendant. Straight with notched knob at base. Two perforations.

Complete waka huia, pointed oval shape. Lid is flat underneath but quite domed on top, one end chipped. The lid is decorated with two large double spirals in a rauru pattern, with rest of surface filled with coiled fern frond motif. Decoration on lid almost identical to that on box, the decoration on the base just being expanded to fit the larger surface. Knobs on the short ends formed from 'Janus' heads with paua shell eyes in 6 of the 8 eye spaces. Each head carved differently. There is a small lip on the rim of the base to stop too much movement of lid.

Complete bone point. Manufactured from hollow bone, one end unworked. The other end is sharpened to a point.

Complete, curved fishhook point with an upper, internal barb that is serrated to the top of the tip. There are also serrations on the exterior side from the tip down until three quarters down where there are three lower notches. There is a perforation at the base.

Complete paua shell tiki eye. A perforation hole ahs been drilled through the centre of the shell and there are notches around the exterior edge.

Complete tokotoko. Dark brown wood. Carved with two full-length figures on one side. Rauponga and kirikiore patterns. Paua shell inlays throughout, attached using red sealing wax (one missing). Metal band and a metal cap at the distal end. Handle is undecorated except for two curved lines on either side.

Complete putatara, with conch shell body and wooden mouthpiece intact. The wooden mouthpiece is carved, two ridges down either side, with curved ridges linking them around the front, creating a mouthpiece that looks phallic in shape. There are two circular paua inlay on the front and back. One inlay appears to be adhered with red wax. The mouthpiece is attached to the shell with fibre and wax. There is a perforation through the outer lip of the aperture that has a length of fibre twine through it. On the outer whorl of the body there is a large repair. An oval piece of wood has been fixed to a hole in the wood with four lengths of fibre twine that has been waxed to fill in any gaps. At the distal end of the aperture there is a perforation.

Complete wooden koauau. Round in cross section, polished patina from handling. Exterior surface carved with rauru (double spirals) and a human figure protruding off one side. Human figure has rauru on shoulders and thighs. Feet rest on a wheku style head. Light green glass or stone inlay in eyes, at base of foot, and between two of the finger holes. A rectangular-shaped indentation filled with red sealing wax indicates there may have been another inlay. Four fingers holes in total.

Complete one-piece fishhook. Intricately carved knob on head of shank, with a perforation through knob. Perforation through base. Length of fishing line remains lashed around shank.

Broken shell pendant, distal end not present. Tapering toward a knob at the proximal end.

Partially manufactured fishhook, with perforation at one end and worked edges.

Broken straight fishhook point, tip not present.

Complete curved fishhook point. Small. External notches on side of base, Internal barb.

Piece of worked moa bone, possibly the head of a comb. Rounded at the proximal end and broken at the distal end. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident. Cross section is concave.

Complete one piece red-stained bone hei matau with grooved and perforated end for suspension

Complete tokotoko. Carved in a twisting, corkscrew shape, with a rauponga (ridge and notch) pattern. Bird-head carving at the distal end, with projecting beak