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Complete fish gorge.

Mostly complete fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone, one tip broken.

Piece of worked pounamu, broken at one end, possibly a pendant. Mid-green kahurangi variety with high translucency. Surface is ground smooth. One side edge is straight with a sawing mark and the other side edge is curved. Remaining end is triangular, tapering to a dull point.

Possible fishhook point, notching on external side, possible broken barn at presumed tip.

Broken fishhook point, tip not present.

Complete curved fishhook point.

Complete fishhook point. Straight base and curved towards tip.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey, mid grey, light brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised, becoming more ground on bevel. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chipping on proper left side. "Kai Kai's Beach" written on back .

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is plano-convex with the back flattened. The surface is ground, with bruising on the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line and a concave wearing, which does not reach to the cutting edge. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Broken pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is bruised on most of the surface, with some grinding. There is flaking on the butt. The bevel is flaked off. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

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

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular on the blade and asymmetrical on the butt Surface is flaked with some grounding on front of butt Differentiation between the butt and blade; sides are tapered and slightly reduced toward the poll Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking

Complete fish gorge.

Broken curved fishhook point, with the tip and base both missing.

Broken straight fishhook point fragment with the tip missing. There are notches at the base.

Broken straight fishhook point with point and tip remaining. There is a barb at the tip with serrations on it.

Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a point, chipped at proximal end.

Complete bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end sharpened to a point, chipped at proximal end.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye at the proximal end.