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Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, shaft widening towards proximal end. There is a small circular perforation at the proximal end.

Broken bone pendant or cloak pin, proximal portion remaining. Rounded at the proximal edge, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides.

Broken bone needle, proximal end remaining. Small, circular eye.

Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp. There is very small, circular eye at the proximal end, and a partial perforation at the very proximal end.

Complete bone needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a small, circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete bone needle. Distal end of tip is broken off. There is small, circular eye a the proximal end.

Broken needle. Distal end is sharp. Broken at sawn, long eye near distal end.

Partially manufactured fishhook.

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

Broken fish gorge, one end broken off.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Burnt at each end. Rounded at one end and broken at the other. Groove running lengthwise down the centre on one side.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Burnt, with a flattened, smooth surface. Cut marks on one side.

Complete wooden barracouta shank, with metal nails through head and base. Large amount of reduction at head for line attachment. Perforation through base, small fragment of lower base not present.

Broken curved fishhook point, all remaining except tip.

Complete curved fishhook. Flat vertical base.

Complete curved fishhook point. Vertical, flat side of internal base with a notch on the external side.

Broken curved fishhook point, all but tip remaining.

Complete curved fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone. Both ends sharpened.

Possible fishhook point, serrations on both sides.

Wooden flute; koauau. Charcoal evident inside flute and in two holes on top with surface crack in grain running between holes. Another hole on side at proximal end. Proximal end cut flush on outside of natural joint with distal end having an irregular face with missing surface chips. A deeper but rounded cut in the distal end may be remnant hole which has eroded out.