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Complete mid brown coloured blade. Unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin.

Limestone relief depicting a shaven-headed, bowing priest.Priests in Egypt did not preach and had no parishioners to instruct. A priest's duty was to serve the god who dwelt in the temple statue. To be pure, a priest had to make his ablutions twice daily and twice during the night. He was completely shaven, shorn and plucked. Priests acquired a great deal of power in Egyptian society through their managing the lands of the god and their revenues.

A: Complete barracouta lure. Straight wooden shank with a dessicated surface. On one end, there are two grooves on one side and one on the edge for lashing. Bone point inserted at the other end in a perforation. Point is slightly curved with a serrated external edge. B: Complete barracouta lure. Straight wooden shank with a smoothly worked surface, some cut marks and dessication evident. At one end, there is a groove on each side and one on the edge for lashing. Bone point inserted at the other end in a perforation. Point is slightly curved with a serrated external edge.

Broken sandstone cutter, repair visible where previously broken. There is a perforation through the repair, drilled through on both sides, meeting in the middle. At the top edge there are two carved faces. Along the bottom edge there is a notch.

Centre of large square paving, Ancient Rome

Complete kahu kuri cloak. The kaupapa (body) is woven in close, single pair pukapuka (twining) except for occasional rows of whatuaho rua (double pair twining) which are woven tightly with a small gap used for a guide to sew the dogskin strip. The kurupatu (fringe collar) is made with a dogskin strip. The kahu kuri is covered with small tufts of dog fur, lighter around the sides, darker through the middle. There are areas of the cloak where the fur has thinned, showing the dog skin strips. The edges of the cloak, under the fur, are woven with darker fibres, in an almost chevron pattern. There is a modern support pillow and velcro strip attached to the inside of the cloak.

Silcrete drill point. Light orange and cream colour.

Broken patu onewa, handle and part of blade present. There is an incomplete perforation at the handle that has been drilled from both sides. The butt of the handle is carved, oval in shape, with three grooves on each side and top ridge at the top. Surface is ground.