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Complete matarau (eel spear). Wooden handle worked to a sharp point at both ends. Six other prongs lashed to one end of the handle with two metal braces and muka fibre.

Complete matarau (eel spear). Wooden handle worked to a sharp point at one end. Six other prongs lashed to the point of the handle with vines and muka fibre.

Complete hinaki (eel trap), made from vine. Eel funnel at one end with plaited internal end. Elongated, bulbous body, tapered to another opening at the other end (without a lid or funnel). Plaited handle attached below the opening.

Model of a mokihi, created by binding bundles of bulrush with flax. The prow is double ended, with the top binding of bulrush ending approximately 19cm before the lower prow.

Complete pōhā used for preserving tītī, consisting of a kelp bag inside of a flax kete with a bark liner. Kete is made in an under-one, over-one pattern, and plaited around the top edge. Long strips of bark, probably totara, cover the kelp bag, and are lashed together with strips of flax, and tied together tightly at the top.

Complete silcrete flake. Flake scars on dorsal side. No cortex clear.

Proximal portion of silcrete flake. Retouching along lateral margins. Cortex is evident at the proximal end. Termination is flaked off.

Complete bone one-piece fishhook. There is a notch at the base of the shank. There is an external knob on the head and an internal notch.

Complete one-piece bone fishhook. The bend has a notch. The tip is bent and comes to a sharp point. The head has a shank knob and a knob at the head, which is worn.

Broken harpoon head, medial portion remaining. The proximal end of the base is broken, with a notch. The lower side of the shaft is reduced where the shaft meets the head. There is one large barb. There is a large perforation through the head. The tip is broken off.

Fengcai with flower design. Reign marks naming the dynasty and the Emperor were first applied to Chinese ceramics during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). In later centuries, however, the reproduction of earlier reign marks - in recognition of the excellence of a type of ceramic in that period - also occurred. This mark refers to the period of the Qing dynasty (1874-1909).

Complete tewhatewha. The lower edge of the blade is curved. The top edge straight with a slight slope. There is a hole in lower edge of blade, for decoration to be suspended. There is a carving mid-way down the tewhatewha of a stylised head.

Bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Cross section is lenticular. There are defined shoulders below the remnants of the suspension hole and then notches of various sizes running down both side edges. Distal end flares out slightly with a rounded edge.

Complete tara (bird spear point). There are three bards along one side. The barb closest to the head is significantly less developed than the other two.

Broken paua shell ornament. Suspension hole drilled through the off-centre, missing a portion of the shell.

Pendant, manufactured from broken rim of a china pottery. There is a perforation at the proper right corner of the proximal end. There is a floral blue and white pattern.

Complete wooden adze haft. Slightly curved handle, with a long platform at the top. Uncarved. There is a groove around the short end of the platform, and two wider grooves for lashing at the longer end of the platform. There is an adze ( D41.148) lashed to this haft with a length of processed fibre.

Complete composite fishhook. Wooden shank carved with double-sided faces at the head, one at the base and one below the point and other geometric shapes throughout. Curved bone point with two internal and two external barbs and two internal notches, lashed to the shank with twisted muka. Two knobs at the head with twisted muka lashings and a plaited cord projecting from the top.

Broken pipe, bowl and part of stem remaining. Bowl is deep. Proper left side is darker than proper right side, probably where fire was put to the bowl for lighting. There is a small knob on the lower side of the pipe where the bowl meets the stem. There is a fine perforation running through the stem.

Complete gourd. The gourd tapers to a point, where a short section of stem remains. The tapered top has two holes, one approximately 34.5mm in diameter, the other is approximately 5mm in diameter. White paint spots are present on the underside of the gourd.