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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.

Badarian Pottery from the Badari site is a distinctive black-topped ware made of clay mixed with sand. The outside was coated with a polished layer of haematite. The pots were then placed mouth downward into the embers of the fire resulting in a shiny black surface at the lip.

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.

Opalite flake.

Complete composite fishhook. Shank is manufactured from a boar tusk. Point is manufactured from an iron nail bent inwards at the base and then straight at the tip. The tip is attached to the point with muka. There is twisted muka at the proximal end of the shank for the line, with a knot at the end.

Broken kahawai lure, iron shank and lashings remaining. Remnants of paua shell inlay and lashings attached to iron shank at head and base. Braided cord attached at head.

One-handled jug (squat lekythos) from Paestum. The scene is of a cloaked woman seated beside an altar and making an offering from a plate. Attributed to the workshop of the artists known as Asteas and Python. Approximately 350-325 BC

Complete string of 68 glass trade beads, strung together on a thick piece of cotton string. There is a pattern of one large mid blue bead with two smaller dark blue beads that repeats on both sides till the centre where the pattern changes and becomes two large dark blue beads followed by two large mid blue beads.

Cup (skyphos) from Campania. One side shows the head of a satyr, a half human creature from mythology. The other side shows a centaur, a half-horse, half-man creature, holding a lion skin. Attributed to a group of artists now known as the Libation Group. Approximately 350-320 BC