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Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Mid green and silver. Surface is ground with some flaking. Tapered at both ends. Proximal end has a suspension hole drilled from both sides (slightly skewed) and sides are slightly squared off. Distal end is rounded with a curved bevel on one side, possibly indicating that this may have been made from a chisel.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark blue-grey, inanga variety. Surface has been ground smooth. Rectangular cross section. Each end has a bevel demarcated by a line, indicating that this piece may have been reworked from a chisel. Proximal end has a very small off-centre suspension hole drilled from each side. Distal edge is chipped and oblique.

Piece of worked pounamu/nephrite, mid-green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground, flaked on some edges. One large projection at one end and three smaller projections at the other end. Ref "Comparatively Speaking" p63 (4.68)

Incomplete Trapezoidal blade. Front of blade is ground. Back of blade is ground with flake scarring at left side and upper right corner. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Worked pounamu. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with bruising on each side. The stone is convex, with the sides ground to straightness.

Fragment of a patu onewa, part of handle and proximal part of the blade remaining. Broken at the butt, with evidence of a perforation remaining.

Complete, curved fishhook point. It is made of jaw bone.

Complete, curved fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and a lower, external notch

Incomplete Trapezoidal blade. Front of blade is ground with minor flaking scars at the right side. Back of blade is also ground but with distinct flake scar at top portion. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is demarcated with ridge. Cutting edge is jagged and blunt.

Bone comb. Head is rounded at the proximal end, with a face carving on one side edge, indicated by an eye. Two perforations on either side of the eye, one is broken and the other consists of two drill holes. Eight teeth, all broken at various points.

Incomplete Trapezoidal blade. Front of blade is ground. Back of blade is also ground with some bruising at corners. No differentiation between blade and butt. Butt/poll portion is not present. Bevel is demarcated with ridge. Cutting edge appears more straight than curved and is slightly sharp.

Broken, curved fishhook point with half of the point remaining. It has a small, upper, internal barb.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.

Broken and unfinished bone comb, one side of proximal end remaining. Proximal edge is rounded; remaining side edge is straight. Two teeth remaining, with incomplete perforation and sawing mark between them. Distal portion with teeth was previously broken off and has been glued back together.

Complete patu onewa. Dark grey and black stone. Surface is ground with chipping at the distal edge of the blade. Perforation on the handle is drilled from both sides. Ornamental grooves on the butt.

Complete adze. Dark green pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with sawing marks on proper left side. No differentiation between butt and blade. Two bevels on the blade, one on the front and one on the back, each demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp. "Mangamaunu" inscription on front.

Broken pounamu chisel. The break is on the back of the blade. The cutting edge is remaining. The cross section is asymmetric due to the break. The surface is ground, with flaking on the break. On the proper left corner of the cutting edge there is the end of a sawing mark, which is then broken. The bevel is either broken off, or continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp, with some chipping.

Complete adze. Light grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. Sides of the butt are slightly reduced. Bevel is continuous with the blade and concave. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly concave.

Complete Trapezoidal blade. Front of blade is ground with flake scar at top right. Back of blade is also ground. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Unfinished broken bone comb, one half of proximal end remaining. Proximal edge is rounded. Remaining side has two perforations and a projection. Eleven unfinished teeth indicated by sawing marks, with distal end broken off.