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Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining.

Complete straight fishhook point with internal barb and notch on external side of base.

Complete bone pendant. Straight with three notched grooves at one end, coming to a point at the other end.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, rectangular at blade. Ground on blade with bruising around butt. Poll is flaked. Butt has major differentiation - sides have been reduced and shoulders slightly raised. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line running from corner to corner and meeting in the centre of the blade. Cutting edge is straight and moderately sharp with minor chipping.

Piece of straight, hollow bone, broken at one end. Split and worked to a sharp point at the other end.

Complete curved fishhook point.

Chert core that is dark brown and light grey in colour. One face and one ridge are cortex.

Broken threader, sharpened distal end remaining.

Broken toggle. One end of the toggle is finished and smoothed. There is a single perforation at the centre of the toggle. There is a long crack along one side, with a fragment missing along the crack. The other end is chipped and broken. Opposite the crack, there is a visible repair where previously broken.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining.

Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining.

Broken straight fishhook point, with all remaining except base and tip. Serrations along external surface. Bait knob on external surface towards base.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Partially manufactured fishhook

Complete curved fishhook point. Serrations on external side.

Complete adze. Grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some flaking throughout, particularly on the front proper left side. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides tapered toward the poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "Taki Taki Tao. Henley" inscription.

Complete fish gorge.

Complete straight fishhook point. Large internal barb, with circular notch at external base.

Broken adze, blade remaining Cross-section is rectangular Surface is ground, with flaking on the back proper right and on sides near top of blade Butt is not present Bevel has been flaked away. Cutting edge is curved and heavily flaked

Broken adze, only bottom blade remaining Cross-section is oval near the cutting edge and asymmetrical mid-blade Surface is ground Butt is not present Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved