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Silcrete core. Light grey, dark yellow, cream and light red in colour.

Argillite core. Dark brown, dark red and light red in colour.

Argillite core. Light grey and dark grey in colour. Cortex present

Rock core. Light brown and cream in colour

Porcellanite flake.

Porcellanite flake.

Porcellanite flake.

Silcrete flake. There is bifacial retouch on one lateral margin.

Argillite core. Light purple, cream, and dark grey in colour. Cortex present

Silcrete flake. Dark grey in colour. Cortex present on one surface.

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.

Reconstructed silcrete core with individual blades and flakes glued back together. Light grey and light brown in colour.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with bruising on the front at the shoulder and. Chipped on the poll and the edge of the right side proper on the back. The butt has minor differentiation, with the shoulder tapering in slightly. The bevel is demarcated by a line and is slightly curved. The cutting edge is slightly curved, sharp and smooth.

Complete piupiu with degradation at the waistband. The flax tags are scraped and unscraped, forming decorative horizontal bands. The first and third rows of exposed flax have been dyed with a dark dye. The tags are accompanied by six twisted whenu (strand) decorations which originally ended in tassels. Two tassels remain. The waistband is approximately 4cm wide with two weft rows. There is remnants of a blue dye in the waistband. The top of the waistband is whiri (plaited), with the whiri having come loose along the top of the garment. Ties are evident at each end of the waistband, with one ending in a tassel. There are seven loose tags that have come away from the garment accompanying the object.