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Broken cast of patu, handle to lower blade remaining. Butt of handle is ornately decorated and carved. There are further carving on the blade. There is one visible repair where previously broken and re-plastered, as well as two breaks that have not been repaired, and at the broken edge there is a visible wire that runs the length of the patu internally, keeping the broken pieces together.

Cast of a whale tooth pendant. Two spiral eyes are etched at the proximal end, with a broken out suspension hole. Curved toward the front at the distal end, which is broken off. Broken along both side edges.

Plaster cast of a koruru or tekoteko figure, from the gable of a wharenui. Painted black. Head carved at the distal end with ruru/owl shaped eyes with nose, lips, and a tongue cut off horizontally at the distal edge. Proximal portion is made of a rectangular slab of wood with a perforated geometric carving projecting from the front. Two perforations at the proximal end with a piece of twisted wire tied through it. Back is undecorated with chisel marks evident.

Complete cast of patu onewa. Reduced with blade meets handle, forming shoulder.

Plaster cast of complete of minnow shank with a triangular cross section. It has a perforation through the head and one notch on either side of the head at the bottom of the head. The base has notches across the flat side of the shank. Cast of D27.1054

Complete plaster cast of a whakapakoko atua or atua kiato (god stick), painted dark brown. Top end is a human head in profile, with eyebrows, jaw line, and neck depicted. Body is represented by a curves and waves down the length of the stick, tapering and coming to a blunt point at the base.

Fresco fragment on stucco

Fragment of tile with inlay. Tell-el-Amarna. Egypt. Wall decoration from a room in the Palace., 18th Dynasty