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Complete whale tooth

Complete worked whale tooth, one side of distal end has been flattened.

Complete whale ivory pendant. Curved with suspension hole and small notch at proximal end.

Complete ivory pendant. Curved with two suspension holes at proximal end.

Complete pendant made from an animal tooth. Surface has been smoothed, flattened at the root. Tooth has been cut so that tip is not longer present. Unusual in that suspension hole has been drilled into the tooth rather than at the root like most pendants.

Complete kinked bone pendant with suspension hole.

Curved whale ivory pendant, broken along one side of the proximal end. Drill mark indicating a broken suspension hole.

Complete bone pendant in the shape of a koru spiral.

Complete pendant made from a whale tooth. Knob, notches, and suspension hole at the end of the root. Some reduction on tooth end. Slightly curved to a dull point.

Whale tooth pendant. Curved to a point at one end. Suspension hole on one side of root.

Tabua, ceremonial whale tooth pendant

Complete one-piece fishhook pendant with incurved tip. External edge from tip of point to 1cm below head serrated. Head has a diagonal groove across shank with v projection and external platform like projection with groove around base. Lower rim platform serrated. Suspension hole at head, drilled from both sides.

Complete rei puta (pendant made from whale ivory). Surface is weathered and possibly water-rolled. Proximal edge has a worn chip in the centre, presumably where the perforation for suspension was. Sides taper to a rounded point at the distal end. Face carving with forehead, eyes, nose, and mouth depicted on the front of the distal end.

Chevroned whale tooth pendant. Previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Most of the surface is smoothed and polished. Curved to a blunt point at the front distal end. Proximal end is squared off with a suspension hole in the centre. Longitudinal ridge running down the front centre consisting of small curved projections, connected by a continuous serrated edge (only a small portion of which is still intact near the distal end). Broken curved projections running down both side edges.

Complete rei puta (pendant made of whale ivory). Surface has been worked smooth. Perforation at the proximal end, drilled from both sides. Natural indentation from root cavity on the back side. Rounded at the proximal end and tapered to a point at the distal end. Front distal end has carved facial features, with brow ridges and eyes indicated. Small drill mark represents nose and three others indicate mouth, but distal edge has chipped off.

Mostly complete whale tooth pendant. Drill mark at root end indicating a broken suspension hole.

Curved point of ivory, distal end is sharpened.

Slightly curved bone pendant, broken at one end (no suspension hole present).

Complete bone pendant. Curved to a point at one end with a suspension hole at the other end.

Curved bone pendant with reduction on back and proper left side.