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Silcrete drill point. Light grey with mid-grey bands.

Seal jaw bone, some broken teeth remaining in natural position.

Top part of a moa skull.

Schist file, broken at the proximal end. Dark grey and silver in colour. Surface is ground. Cross section is rectangular with rounded corners. Reduced on one side at the distal end and a rounded distal edge.

Broken mudstone file, tapered to a point at one end. One surface has been polished smooth. Light brown in colour.

Complete patu paraoa. Surface is weathered and cracked. Knob at the butt with a projection on one side and a slight indentation on the other. The centre of the handle has two notches on each side. The portion of the handle between these notches and the blade bows out slightly, with diagonal incised marks on the front. Pronounced shoulders where the handle meets the blade.

Dentalium shell necklace pendant. Broken at each end and plugged with material in the centre. White with grooves running lengthwise along shell.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green with lighter green and light brown inclusions. Surface is ground smooth. Proximal end is squared off, with an irregularly-shaped suspension hole drilled mostly from one side. Side edges are straight and then jut at a nearly perpendicular angle to one side. This projection has three large notches on the edge and a hairline crack on one side. Distal edge is smooth and flattened.

Partially manufactured fishhook

Dentalium shell necklace bead. Broken at each end and hollow in the centre. Natural grooves running the length of the shell.

Piece of worked moa bone with cut marks along one side edge

Partially manufactured fishhook

Large piece of sandstone used as a grindstone. Three flat, ground surfaces. One side has a single wide, deep longitudinal groove in the centre. Two other sides have multiple shallower grooves and grinding marks. Cortex is present on one side that has not been ground.

Schist file. Mid grey and silver in colour. Surface is ground. Cross section is lenticular. One side edge is curved, flaring out in the centre with a notch. The other side edge is straight. Proximal end is squared off, tapered to a dull point at the distal end.

Silcrete core mid grey colour. Unifacial retouch around edges.

Small grindstone made of sandstone. Ground and flat on front. Bruising on proximal and distal ends. Deep groove on proper left side and two shallower grooves on the back side. Tapered to one end.

Complete stone sinker. Suspension hole drilled from one side, diameter of 18mm at entry and 9mm at exit.

Dark grey schist file, tapered to point at one end.

Dark grey schist file, tapered to point at one end.

Broken rāti (bone harpoon head), head remaining. The break is across the shank. The head has one perforation, and a shank knob.