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Complete unfinished chisel. Grey stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly ground, with bruising on the butt and flaking on the proper right side of the back. There is a protruding rounded shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the front and sides of the butt. There is another rounded protrusion of the stone on the proper left side of the front towards the poll. The bevel is smooth and demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is curved and asymmetrical.

Complete patu paraoa (whale bone club). The handle is demarcated by a curved reduction of the blade. There is two curved ornamental reke (grooves) on the grip. A suspension hole is drilled in the handle, with flaking originating at the hole, reducing the back of the handle. There are surface fissures down the extent of the blade.

Worked greenstone. Irregular quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked. There is a bevel at one end, demarcated by an oblique irregular ridge . The cutting edge is chipped and sharp.

Complete unfinished adze. Light green stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground on the front of the blade and the bevel. There are flake scars on the proper left front and bruising on the back of the blade. There is a reduction in the stone from flake scars on the sides of the butt. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and irregular with several chips.

Complete straight fishhook point. Barb at tip and serrations art base. End of base broken.

Mostly complete straight fishhook point. Notch on external side of base, serrations along external side. Tip of point not present, internal barb, barb serrated.

Complete straight fishhook point. Barb at tip and notches at base. End of tip broken. Previously broken in two below the barb, glued together.

Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. Tip and part of shank remaining.

Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. All remaining but tip, serrations at base.

Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. All remains but end of tip, barb at tip and notches at base.

Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. Tip remains, serrated along one side.

Complete straight fishhook point. End of tip broken, internal barb at tip. External serrations at base.

Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. All remaining but base. Serrations along shank.

Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. All remaining but base.

Complete black soapstone whio (whistle). Carved with a human face at one end, with projecting tongue. A drilled perforation at the top of the head for suspension, with another drill mark next to it, indicating a broken perforation. Body of the whistle is carved with spirals. Other end of whistle is hollowed out with a deep indentation; chisel marks evident on interior surface.

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp.

Broken needle, distal end remaining. Distal end is sharp.

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a deep drill mark on one side of the proximal end.

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp.

Broken needle, shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharp. The proximal end is broken at the eye.