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Complete taiaha. The arero (tongue) is decorated with rauponga style carving (rows alternating with notches) on both sides. The upoko (head) has two sets of inset eyes. One eye retains paua shell, the other three have red sealing wax remaining. The rau (nose) is rounded and bears marks of use.

Broken point, distal end sharpened.

Complete kotiate made of wood. Two notches on blade. Geometric carvings along blade and handle. Face carving at butt with a perforation below the head.

Complete patu rakau. Carved using metal tools. Surface is smoothed and polished. Perforation at handle. Ornamental grooves on both side of the butt.

Complete patu rakau. Dark brown wood. Carved using metal tools in a non-traditional style. Geometric carvings on the blade with two triangular paua shell inlays on each side. Circular knob and small perforation at the butt.

Piece of worked wood. Roughly rectangular in shape and cross-section. One side is worked smooth and flat.

Piece of wood, possibly worked, with scorch marks. Surface is dessicated. Shape and cross-section are roughly rectangular.

Piece of wood, possibly worked, with scorch marks. Surface is worn and dessicated.

Piece of wood, possibly worked, scorched on one side. Surface of scorched side is dessicated. The other side is cracked, with a relatively flat plane. Reduced at one end.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Burnt with a smooth surface. Round cross-section.

Complete kahawai lure. Wooden shank with paua shell inlay. Straight bone point with internal barb. Lashings at head and base.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Elongated and slightly tapered at one end, with a curved scoop-like feature at the tapered end. Surface is burnt and dessicated.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Roughly square in shape and in cross-section. One half of the surface is burnt. Severely dessicated, with sand and roots in cracks.

Complete tokotoko (walking stick). Carved with one full figure and two faces on shaft. The shaft is carved with rauponga (rows of notches and lines) in diagonal and chevron styles. There is rauponga whakarare (carving traverses pattern to form hooks) up the side length of the shaft. Approximately two third of the way up the shaft are two faces, back to back. Both have tounge and teeth visible, along with spaces in the eyes for inserts. Above the outwards facing face is the full figure. There is some wearing on the face and chest. Arms are asymmetrically places to leave space for another insert (missing). At the end of the handle is a second figure, depicted from the chest up. The tounge and teeth are exposed with space in the eyes for inserts.

Complete waka huia made of totara. Dark brown in colour. Rectangular in shape and in cross section. Box has a human head figure projecting off of each end for suspension; one of the figures has just one eye carved. The bodies of the figures are carved on the bottom of the box, connecting to another smaller human figure in the centre. A carved ridge runs around the box edge, decorated with geometric patterns. The interior is smooth and undecorated. The box has been reinforced with a metal piece attached at each end of the interior with two screws. The lid has a squared off projection at each end. The exterior side of the lid is carved in a curved rauponga (ridge and triangular notch) and rauru (spiral) pattern, while the interior side is undecorated.

Complete waka huia, oval shaped. Lid has two very large and well-carved human figures, a copulating couple. Inside lid has lip to fit into base. The base is decorated in rauponga whakarare running lengthways and widthwise through the centre. The rest of the space is filled with rauponga pattern that radiate outwards from the centre. There is faded black and red paint in the grooves. Each end of the box has a figure with torso on box and elongated neck with head forming knob. These heads are broken from the eyes down, missing lower face. One figure is male, the other is female. Eyes of all heads in formed of small double spirals.

Complete wooden paipa (smoking pipe). Exterior of the bowl is carved with three human figures. Figures have realistic faces, hair, ears, and paua shell inlay eyes. Chest and arms have geometric patterns. Metal fitting around the bowl and stem rim. A smooth, curved mouthpiece is attached.

Complete tokotoko (walking stick). Light brown wood with surface worked smooth. Circular in cross section. Proximal end is sawn flat, with a male human figure. Figure has a full moko and both hands rest on stomach; proper right leg broken off. Two bands of carvings about one-quarter and three-quarters from the proximal end: former is a diamond motif carving and latter is made of two simple grooves. Tapers to a point at the distal end.

Contemporary wooden koauau made from maire. Three holes on top with flush bevelled ends. Underside has innovative flattened plane for placement on flat surfaces.

Complete tokotoko (walking stick). Carved at one end with rauponga (rows of notched carving). The grip flairs slightly at the rounded tip.