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Seal tooth, reduced around the base of the tip, and tip worked into a bulb-like projection.

Complete seal tooth

Small hollow seal tooth. Surface layer is worn, particularly at the tip and the base.

Seal tooth, broken at the tip, with a heavily weathered surface.

Seal tooth, reduced around the base of the tip, and tip worked into a bulb-like projection.

Seal tooth with root split in two and three tooth tips. Cracked and broken surface.

Broken seal tooth, tip remaining. Surface is heavily weathered.

Hollow seal tooth, broken at the root.

Seal tooth, small piece broken off tip.

Seal tooth, surface is flaked off around the tip.

Seal tooth, broken at the root and a small part broken off the tip.

Complete flute, with small fragments missing from either end. There are three perforations along the top. There is a drill mark at the proximal end. The distal end is darker than the proximal end.

Broken tatā (canoe bailer), large fragment from proper right side missing. Dark brown totara. The handle extends from the back end of the bailer to the mid-front in a continuous curve. There is a perforation where the handle meets the back end. There are numerous in the surface of the wood.

Kete. Square in shape. Woven from undyed muka. Fringe attached with double pair twine to front and back of both side edges. Fringe along base formed from warps, with extra weft thread inserted along basal weft row for decorative purposes. Warps held together with double pair twine. Decorated with turquoise and purple fibre circles, which are faded. These are formed by the insertion of two additional coloured weft threads to top and bottom of every 7th weft stitch - undulating effect of each thread forms circle. Top edge frayed badly. No handles.

Complete tokotoko. Dark brown wood. Flattened on one side and rounded on the others. Double-sided face carved at the proximal end. Body of the tokotoko is carved with two faces as well as rauponga and diamond motifs. Paua shell inlays throughout.

Complete kotiate paraoa. Has hole grip with light leather strap, hole in handle is straight drilled but has been burred on both sides. Several minor splits and a section broken off side of rau/distal end blade and also small gouge on back of handle. Light brown in colour, double manaia on butt/proximal end.

Complete curved fishhook point. Small notches on external side of base, with an internal barb.

Mostly complete bone bird spear point, small part of proximal end broken off. Three barbs on one side and notches on other side.

Complete patu-aruhe (fern root beater). The cross section is lenticular. The blade narrows to the handle. There is no grip at the poll. The tip of the blade is curved and blunt. There are two small holes, one on each side of the blade.

Curved bone pendant, broken at each end.