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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 whale tooth

Complete worked whale tooth, one side of distal end has been flattened.

Broken point made from a stingray spine. Natural serrations on sides.

Broken point made from a stingray spine. Tip and base broken.

Broken point made from a stingray spine. Natural serrations down inner side of curve.

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.

One-handled jug (squat lekythos) from Paestum. The scene is of a cloaked woman seated beside an altar and making an offering from a plate. Attributed to the workshop of the artists known as Asteas and Python. Approximately 350-325 BC

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.