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Burnt ivory pendant, broken at each end. Curved with drill mark at the proximal end, indicating a broken suspension hole.

Broken, straight fishhook point with the base missing. It has two barbs on either side of the fishhook at the bottom of the tip. Both barbs have serrations on them going up to the tip and the external side has serrations below the barb to the base as well. It has two perforations at the base, one above the other. Both perforations are partially broken off.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb that is serrated above it to the tip and a upper, external barb that is also serrated above it to the tip and serrated to the base as well.

Complete kahawai lure. Curved wooden shank with notches at head and base for lashings. White iridescent shell inlay, broken near the centre. Muka lashings at head and base. Twisted cord attached at head with a nail sticking out of the cord. Some feathers attached to muka at the base. Curved bone point with internal barb.

Complete bone pendant. Slightly curved with suspension hole at proximal end.

Complete shell pendant. Suspension hole and slightly tapered at the proximal end. Edges have been reduced. Concave profile. Naturally-occurring ridges on both sides.

Complete whakawae. Features two human figures, one standing on top of the other. The top figure is larger, with paua shell inlay eyes and his tongue sticking out. His hands rest on his stomach. The lower figure has a horizontal head featuring paua shell inlay eyes. Parts of his body have been rubbed smooth from touching. His right leg has been previously broken off, and there is a visible repair with glue and nails.

Complete korotete (holding basket for live eels), made of woven vines. Two loops at the base and two near the top. Woven vine lid with handle fits on tapered top.

Complete bird spear point. Four barbs. Serrations along sides.

Complete, curved fishhook point with internal serrations along the tip and external serrations along the tip and down half of the point. It is hollow.

Complete, curved fishhook point. It has an upper, internal barb that is serrated above it to the tip and serrations down the exterior side from the tip to the bottom of the point where there are lower, external notches. It has two perforations on the base, one above the other, although the bottom one has been slightly broken off.

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

Sample of muka (flax fiber) cloth. Decorated with mawhitiwhiti (woven cross stitch pattern work), decorative 3 looped whenu cast on, and a decorative border frill finish. Woven using whatu aho rua (two-pair weft-twining).

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. There is a single deep cut mark at one end.

Broken bone pendant, part of upper portion remaining. Burnt and straight with drilled suspension hole.

Broken bone pendant, broken at the proximal end on one side. Broken suspension hole. Slightly curved and tapered toward a point at the distal end.

Complete awl. Chipped at the proximal end.

Broken bone point, tip remaining. Cross-section of point is circular. Small amount of reduction on one side near tip.

Complete but unfinished flute. Ends are roughly finished, with some chipping at one end. There are four large longitudinal cracks, some that have been repaired with adhesive. There is one partial drill mark on the side of the un-chipped end.

Black and white woollen kete. Weaving with synthetic wefts and handle and decorated with blue/green domestic fowl feathers. Warps of cream wool held together with cream wefts in double pair twine. Centre four warp rows cross over stitch - outer two of five warps crossed. Feathers attached along top and bottom with double pair twine. Black twisted woollen cord attached in pattern above feathers. Lined with blue satin sheen fabric. Single black braided cord handle (synthetic) attached on either side.