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Complete gouge Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and sides, bruised on back and poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by lines, and is concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete ivory pendant. Curved with two suspension holes at proximal end.

Complete tattoo chisel. Small, not very much length on hafting end. There are four sharp teeth that are quite long.

Complete roughout Cross-section is asymmetrical. Almost rectangular, except for section on proper left side, which has only been partially sawn through. Surface is ground of front and back, with areas of natural roughness on poll. Sides are mostly rough where broken. Sawing marks on proper left and proper right and on front of blade. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, though sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Complete curved fishhook point.

Complete curved fishhook point. Notches at base.

Broken adze (butt and upper blade remaining) Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground on front and back and sides. Rough edges where broken. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced. Bevel and cutting edge broken off.

Complete drill point. Pounamu. Green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground. Widens towards butt. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete bone pendant. Mostly straight, but slightly curved at the distal end. Suspension hole which has been drilled with a metal tool.

Complete mere pounamu. Dark green and silver takiwai variety with high translucency and chatoyant bands. Spatulate in shape. Distal edge of blade is straight and sharp with rounded side edges. Bilateral reduction where the blade meets the handle, flaring out again at the proximal end. Four ornamental grooves on both sides of butt with perforation in the centre, which interrupts the grooves. Perforation hole is straight sided and threaded with a leather thong.

Set of four pendants strung together via suspension holes with a piece of black ribbon. One is a pounamu pendant, mid-green in colour, high translucency, square in cross-section, and squared off at each end. The other three are mako shark teeth pendants. One has purple sealing wax at the root, and the other two have red sealing wax.

Wooden adze haft. Surface is polished smooth. Handle is round in cross section, with a platform at the distal end running perpendicular to the handle. Groove cut in platform with plaited flax tied around and attached to handle.

Broken wooden puppet figure with movable arms, left ear, and base not present. Surface is polished smooth except for face, which has a complete incised moko. Large cylindrical head with ears and deeply grooved eyes. Top knot or comb represented by a squared-off projection coming from the top of the head. Square perforations at shoulders where movable arms would have been attached. Four circular perforations on the back side, one of which has a small metal piece sticking out of it. Knees are sawn flat at the front. Broken at the feet, with grooves and remnants of carved toes remaining.

Wooden helve, pounamu/ nephrite blade/inaka variety. Carved handle oval in section, ridge at base extending from tongue of wheku style inward sitting head diminishing at middle to a blunt point at proximal end. Distal end has platform with carved face on internal side below. External/projection at distal end of platform and elaborately carved in form of human figure; inset paua eyes. Manaia sits back to handle and merged with human figure with protruding tongue. Toki blade lashed onto handle with fibre. Blade is thin sectioned , bevelled the full length on true right side but not on other. An approximate 30 degree angled blade which shows sign of some wear. Shimmery green with high schistocity and lighter mottled vein. Two perforations at butt end for attachment. Several cracks including one at centre distal end of toki.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, except at poll, which is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, though sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is blunt (heavily chipped) and straight.

Complete kahawai lure. Curved wooden shank with notches at head and base for lashings. Paua inlay. Lashings and cord at head and base. Straight bone point with internal barb. Some remnants of feathers at base.

Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Chipped at proximal end.

Complete chisel. Cross-section is semi-circular with proper left side flattened. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, though front, back and sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by angled lines that come together in a point. Bevel is concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved and chipped.

Complete tokotoko (walking stick). Dark brown wood. Carved with three full-length figures and two faces, all with white shell eyes. The top two figures are male and female human figures, with moko. The bottom full-length figure is more stylized, with a large mouth and carved in a triangular notched pattern, creating a shaggy, fur-like body. All figures and faces are carved with a variety of rauponga, rauru, and mangopare patterns. A band of carved mangopare runs down part of the bottom half of the tokotoko. The handle and distal end are undecorated. The distal end appears to have had a cap which has come off.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green inanga variety. Surface is ground smooth. Chisel-shaped. Tapering to the proximal end, which has a flat edge and a shallow groove cut around the perimeter for suspension. Distal end is straight and sharp, similar to a cutting edge, with a bevel on each side demarcated by a line.