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Complete patu onewa. Surface is ground smooth. Knob at the butt, with a rounded proximal edge. Decorative incised marks on the proximal edge and on either side of the knob. There is a perforation at the centre of the knob, drilled from both sides. Relatively narrow blade, with a raised and incised decoration in the centre, possibly indicating a mouth and tongue.

Dentalium shell necklace bead. Broken at each end and hollow in the centre. Deep grooves running around the perimeter of the shell and shallower grooves running lengthwise.

Complete stone adze. Mid grey in colour. Surface is ground and flaked, with some bruising on the sides. Cross section is rectangular. Major differentiation between butt and blade on the proper right side of the butt, which has been reduced by extensive flaking. Bevel is demarcated by an irregular line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but chipped.

Complete stone adze. Light grey in colour. Surface is ground and flaked. Cross section is trapezoidal with rounded corners. No differentiation between the butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete fishhook point. Point is straight, wide base, basal barb. Distal end of tip is broken off.

Complete one-piece fishhook, knob at head, curved with notch at the base.

Complete fishhook tab, sides smoothed but not shaped. There are drill marks on both sides.

Broken one-piece fishhook point, base and shank remaining. Internal and external knobs on head of shank. There is a basal notch on the external side where point meets base. Distal point of base broken. Bone is burnt.

Complete composite fishhook. Shank is manufactured from a boar tusk. Point is manufactured from an iron nail bent inwards at the base and then straight at the tip. The tip is attached to the point with muka. There is twisted muka at the proximal end of the shank for the line, with a knot at the end.

Complete string of 68 glass trade beads, strung together on a thick piece of cotton string. There is a pattern of one large mid blue bead with two smaller dark blue beads that repeats on both sides till the centre where the pattern changes and becomes two large dark blue beads followed by two large mid blue beads.

Proximal portion of a light grey blade. Flake scars on the proximal end. Unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin.

Silcrete flake. Cream and mid grey in colour.

Silcrete flake. Mid grey and light orange in colour. Weathering and cortex present.

Silcrete flake. Mid orange, mid grey and light grey in colour. Weathering on the distal end. There is unifacial retouch along one edge.

Silcrete flake. Cream, white, and mid yellow in colour. Unifacial retouch on one edge.

Complete silcrete blade. White, light yellow, and light orange in colour.

Silcrete flake. Mid grey and light brown in colour. Cortex present.

Silcrete flake. Light brown, mid brown.

Silcrete flake. Light brown in colour.

Silcrete flake. Cream and light yellow in colour.