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Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Surface is dessicated and possibly a little charred. One side is flattened and relatively smooth, the other has a longitudinal ridge. Tapered at one end.

Complete carving of a mal figure, very large. There is a large projection off the end of the head that is perforated. The face is carved in a full moko that has been filled in black. There is paua shell inlay for the eyes with black, circular pieces of wood for pupils. There is a simple hei tiki carving around the figure's neck with both three-fingered hands resting on his chest. Chipped around feet and attached to a base. The back is flat. The figure is pained red.

Complete wooden bowl. Oval shaped. Flattened at the bottom. Sides flare out with a pouring spout 28mm wide one end, small perforated knob at other end. Several other perforations and drill marks at rim of knobbed end, as well as a chip that has been broken off and glued back on. Rim is broken on one side.

Small wooden bowl. Oval shaped. Base rounded externally and internally. Flares to rim with sides lower than each end. Undecorated. No handles. Rim broken in parts.

Complete toki poutangata, hafted adze. The haft is finely carved wood in a variety of styles. The distal end of the handle has a two-sided anthropomorphic head, with paua shell inlaid eyes. There is a perforation through the handle between the knob and handle. The handle itself has basically longitudinal carving lines along the length of the handle, with three equally spaced latitudinal lines, and one curved area of carving near the distal end. There is a circular paua shell inlay on one side below the human figure on the heel of the haft. This anthropomorphic figure has legs apart, penis, four toes per feet, bent knees with spiral design on buttocks and shoulders, protruding tongue, paua inlay eyes, face mostly uncarved. The adze itself protrudes through to base of neck, set in triangular shaped slot, with fibre wrapped around the shoulder of the blade and end of the haft. There is another carved human face on the haft underneath the adze, opposite figure previously mentioned, with on

Complete tekoteko of a male figure. Made of heavy wood, and painted a dark red. There is indistinct writing around the forehead. There is a ta moko on the lower portion of the figure's face. The carving on the body is done in the rauponga style. There is a carved projection below the figures feet that is partially broken. There is one large perforation on this projection. The figure is concave at the back, so the arms, buttocks and sides of head project backwards. There is a large hole at the back of the head, and four smaller holes on the back of the arms, two on each side.

Complete tekoteko (gable carving). Dark brown wood carved with a human figure standing on a human head. Top figure has lower lip which curves upward and underneath lower lip in the centre. Slanted eyes. Broken nose. Proper left eyebrow has an incomplete curved grooved carving. Right arm curves upward and rests on chest, with a four-fingered hand. Left hand rests on stomach with three fingers and a thumb. Carving across figure's body is in a taratara-a-kae (zig-zag) pattern. Head figure has slanted eyes and curved geometric carvings for eyebrows. Nostrils, lips, and four teeth are depicted.

Complete hue (gourd container or calabash). Dark brown in colour. Elongated shape with a bulbous base and a curved narrow neck. Irregular hole on one side of the neck base. Cracked throughout the surface of the base.

Broken totara tauihu (prow) of waka taua (war canoe). All carving are worn, especially on the proper right. Fretwork carving of two spirals on body, top of spirals broken off. Large human face protruding forwards, tongue protruding with the top half of the face missing. There is piko-o-rauru (double spiral) carving on the cheeks and worn carving on the lips and tongue. The face has been reattached using three metal pins. A full figure lies horizontal at the base of the two vertical spirals, split in two by the spirals. A third face is carved at the rear of the prow. There is worn tuara-kuri (diamond notches) carving on the prow. The proper right lashing board is broken off, with the front-most lashing hole remaining. The proper left lashing board has four drilled holes remaining.

Goose feather and flax kete. Feathers are light brown, light grey, and white in colour. Warps held together using single pair twine. 19 weft rows, 1.5cm apart. Feathers attached to every 6th warp on alternate weft rows (except basal three). Cast on using thrum technique. Cast off from inside by taking warp 1 to back of warp 4, warp 2 to back of warp 5 etc and holding in place with single pair twine. Warps then frayed and trimmed to form fringe on external side. Twisted flax fibre handle on either side, one strand of which has been dyed bright yellow.

Complete kotiate rakau. Geometric carvings on both sides of blade and handle with a face on the butt. There is a perforation on the handle with two smaller ones on the blade. Has chips on both sides.

Complete patu aruhe (fern root beater). Handle has a circular cross-section. End of handle is pointed. There is a shoulder between handle and beater end. Cross-section of beater end is lenticular, with one side more rounded. The distal end of the beater is blunt and flat. There are cracks on the flatter side of beater end.

Broken maul. Head broken. Tapers from head with slight shoulder. There is an evenly proportioned handle with the proximal end flattened off. There are cracks in the surface of the head.

Complete waka huia made of matai. Lenticular shape. Dark brown and black in colour. The exterior side of the box has female figures carved at each end; heads protrude off of each end and bodies are carved below on the outside of the box. Both the outer sides of the box and lid are divided into quadrants and feature a rauponga (ridge and triangular notch) pattern. Lid is flat underneath and rounded on top. Lid joins box with tongue and groove joint at each end.

Complete waka huia made of kauri with braided muka cord for suspension. Mid brown and red in colour. Shape is an elongated oval. Exterior of the box has a male figure carved at each ends, with protruding heads for suspension knobs and bodies carved with geometric patterns. The bottom and sides of the box are divided into quadrats with diagonal rauponga (ridge and triangular notch) pattern. Interior is smooth and undecorated. Top of the lid has copulating couple carved in high relief along centre line as a handle. Rest of lid divided into eight sections with carved diagonal rauponga pattern. Inside of lid is flattened and undecorated, with a broken notch at one end.

Wooden putorino made in two parts, joined down the sides. Middle section oval but round at distal and proximal ends. Proximal end head has serrated paua shell eyes inset. Proximal end flax ties are complete. Middle head flat, with serrated paua shell eye inset, proper left eye is more rudimentary than right. Distal end head has no paua inset and is missing the lower flax tie. The end of the flute is split, with the proper left back chipped.

Shallow rectangular wooden tray. Rauponga (notch and groove) and koru pattern on the interior side of the tray. Four human heads with protruding tongues are carved at each corner. Symmetrical straight lines are carved on flat of tray bottom with plain smoothed shoulder. Tray was previously broken in two pieces and glued back together; wood is splintered on the tray rim at the location of the repair.

‘Ahu ‘ula (cape) built upon a netted backing made from olonā fibre.