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Complete toggle, with chipping on either end. There is a single perforation. There is a large crack on either side of the perforation, there is adhesive in the crack. There is a smaller crack opposite the large one.

Broken one-piece fishhook, lower shank remaining.

Fragment of one-piece fishhook, lower point remaining, tip not present.

Complete awl or shellfish picker.

Complete curved bone point. One side is serrated. There is one small notch, and two horizontal striations on the convex side.

Complete fishhook point. Straight with reduction at base and curved tip.

Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.

Broken, partially manufactured shank fragment.

Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining, broken at tip.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower end remaining. There is a fragment missing from one side of the base, with a crack starting around the fragment.

Unfinished toggle. Finished at both ends, no perforation.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, dark green, light grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Sawing marks down both proper right and proper left sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Tarewai Point written on back.

Broken chisel (cutting edge broken). Pounamu, burnt. White, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Poll angles down from the proper left to the proper right. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge broken off. Tarewai Pt. written on front.

Broken needle, shaft and proximal end remaining. Broken at tip, and there is a visible repair halfway up the shaft where previously broken. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.

Mostly complete curved fishhook point, tip not present. Notches on external side of base.

Complete curved fishhook point.

Complete straight fishhook point, external notch on side of base. Slightly chipped at base.

Broken fishhook point, fragment of base remaining. Large point basal barb.

Chalcedony drill point. Cream and light yellow in colour.