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Broken bird spear point, base remaining. 2 barbs. Notches along both sides.

Complete pounamu adze Cross-section is rectangle. The surface is ground with heavy flaking at poll. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a straight ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone. The cross-section is asymmetrical quadrangular. The surface is flaked and bruised with a ground lower blade. There is a slight reduction in the stone from flake scars at the proper left front of the butt. There is otherwise no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular line of bruising. The cutting edge is straight and chipped. The front lower blade is concave.

Complete ivory pendant, curved with suspension hole at proximal end.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey and black stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly ground on the front and back of the blade, bruised on the sides and has flake scars at the poll. There is a thick line of bruising on the front at the base of the butt. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by bruised edges on the sides and a subtle curved line halfway up the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and curved with a couple of chips. "Stewart Island" is written in pencil on the proper left back.

Bone comb. Broken at various points on the teeth and glued back together; proper right tooth is incomplete. Head is square with a small rounded projection on one side edge at the proximal end. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident. Back side has a horizontal sawing mark visible above the teeth and on the side of the left tooth.

Complete unfinished adze. Light brown stone. Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is ground and flaked. There is a reduction in the stone on the front and back of the butt, and the butt is continuous with the blade. The bevel is also continuous with the blade. The cutting edge has a chip on the proper left. There is a piece of paper stuck to the front of the butt that reads "429".

Complete unfinished adze. Light grey/brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground and flaked with some bruising on the front of the butt. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll, with a sharper angle on the proper right side. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp with a chip on the front proper left.

Complete straight fishhook point, with internal barb midway up, and external notches at base.

Complete pendant made from an ivory tooth. Slightly curved with suspension hole at proximal end. Reduced and grooved on one side.

Complete pounamu adze Cross-section is rectangle. The surface is ground with heavy flaking at poll and down sides. The proper right side has sawing marks. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete unfinished adze. Black stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with flake scars on the sides and the front of the butt. The butt is differentiated from the blade by the change in surface and an irregular flaked line. The bevel is roughly flaked and demarcated by an irregular line. The cutting edge is asymmetrical and sharp.

Complete unfinished adze. Dark brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is roughly indicated with flake scars. The cutting edge is blunt and oblique.

Small adze roughout. Dark grey stone. Asymmetrical trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is roughly indicated by flake scars. The cutting edge is irregular and sharp.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Shank fragment with head and partial shank remaining. Head has external knob.

Shank fragment with head, shank and partial base remaining. Head has external knob.

Broken one-piece fishhook fragment, with tip and head both missing. Shank, point and base remain. Repair visible from previous breakage.

Complete model of a round house. Thatching is tied to support sticks with a moxture of threads. Support structure is a miture of two types of sticks. Proper left side of the house has an entryway. The front of the model has no thatching to allow veiwing of the inside of the house. Two notes accompany the model. One is an information display note reading "Model of a round house. Such as was used in recent years on the Mutton Bird Islands, and in Pre-European Otago. The thatch was not cut regularly as is done in the model. Made & Pres. by J. Lee". The other note is handwritten and reads "Model. Round Hut. Pre European. Made & Pres J Lee".

Complete model of a torch. Totara bark is bound together by raupo. Flax is loosely woven and tied to the exterior. The torch tapers to a point at the base, with the raupo visible at the top.