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Part A: Complete curved fishhook point, two perforations through base. Part B: Broken stone shank fragment. Triangular cross-section.

Complete pounamu bird form pendant. Dark green with lighter green inclusions. Translucent and chatoyant. Surface is ground. Large suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from both sides but one side more than the other. Proximal end curves to one side, representing a bird beak. Straight sides, curving and tapering to one side of the distal end, representing tail feathers.

White oyster shell pendant with a suspension hole near the hinge end.

Small ring of dentalium shell, worn as a necklace bead. Three grooves around the sides.

Complete one-piece bone fishhook. There is notching along the exterior length from the head to the tip. The tip is sharp. The bottom of the shank has a knob that is notched into three. There is a knob on teh head which is notched into three.

Complete patu paraoa. Knob at the butt, coming to a dull point. Two large bilateral notches and projections where the blade meets the handle. Small incised marks on the inside of the notches.

Complete straight pounamu pendant. Light green with surface ground smooth. Large suspension hole at the proximal end. Distal end tapers to a dull point. Both ends have a bevel continuous with the shaft.

Carving of human head made from bone. The back of the carving is concave with two projections at the proximal end either side. Both projections have been perforated - drilled at an angles and subsequently broken. There is a visible repair where previously broken longitudinally ON the proper left side and glued together. There is a centre ridge on the front face from forehead to the raised, squared mouth. The eyes are raised and squared. There are two perforations either side above the mouth, possibly representing nostrils. The chin sits in a deep groove along the bottom edge. There is a horn like projection on the upper proper right side, proper left side broken.

Large pounamu pendant in bird form. Light green and light blue-grey. Surface is ground with some flaking near the distal end. Small suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from both sides. Proximal edge is chipped and oblique, representing the head and beak. Elongated neck with straight sides. Curved stomach protrudes on one side edge at a notch below the neck and back is straight and in line with the neck on the other side edge. Projection at the distal end representing tail feathers, notched below the back.

Complete pounamu hei matau pendant. Light green, silver, and black. Surface is ground smooth. Suspension hole at the head, mostly drilled from one side. There is a barb-like projection on the external side of the head. Point has a rounded, double-sided tip, one side curves inward and the other ends with an external notch.

Complete pounamu hei matau pendant. Cream and light brown with a pale green tint. Surface is ground smooth. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the internal side of the head. There is an internal notch and an external knob at the head. A crack runs vertically along from mid-shank to the base, with a grey discolouration that may indicated it has been stabilised with some material. There is an indentation on one side of the base of the point. The point curves into a rounded, double-barbed tip. A piece of one side of the point has broken off.

Complete patu onewa. Butt is squared off. Two horizontal grooves and vertical notches on the proximal edge. Two semicircles are incised on one side below the proximal edge. Notches down on each of the four corners of the proximal end. Butt flares out slightly below these notches, with a perforation drilled from both sides. Five notches on each side edge where the handle meets the blade.

Complete string of 12 glass trade beads. They are of varying size, but all small. They are strung on a straight piece of muka, tied at both ends.

Dagger with the inscription lā fatā illā ʿAlī lā sayf illā Dhū’l-Faqār - "there is no Hero but Ali, and there is no sword but the Zulfiqar"

Broken patu onewa, handle remaining. There is a wide knob at the end of the handle. Surface is bruised.