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Broken pounamu gouge, broken at the proximal end and chipped at the distal end. Dark green. Surface is ground, with some bruising at the proximal end. Straight and tapered at each end. Saw mark on one side, in the centre. Curved bevel demarcated by a line at the distal end.

Complete curved bone pendant with suspension hole.

Incomplete adze. Trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground, with heavy chipping around edges and break. Butt not present. Bevel missing left side proper, cutting edge not present.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with very faint transverse lashing groove

Broken patu paraoa, blade remaining. Bone is very worn, and sides of blade are chipped.

Complete, curved fishhook point with notches all along the exterior side of the point.

Complete bird spear point. Glue is present on the back of the spear point. There are two barbs, with serrations between. Towards the lower end of the spear point there are two notches, one on either side. There are also serrations on the unbarbed side of the bird spear point.

Broken bone pendant, curved lower portion remaining.

Complete bone point. Distal end sharpened to a point.

Broken straight fishhook point, with base and tip missing. Cut marks present across shaft, and 5 perforations along one edge.

Broken bird spear point, upper remaining. Both ends of the spear point appear to be broken. There are cracks on the surface of the spear point and the top layer of bone has worn off at the end near the tip. The spear point is slightly curved. There are three barbs remaining, one missing at the lower end of the spear point.

Complete curved harpoon head. The base is curved and pointed. There is a single barb, with a slight chip at the end. There is a large drilled perforation near the barb. The tip is pointed.

Broken silcrete blade, proximal end remaining. Light grey in colour. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Stone. Dark grey, mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge chipped off. "Tapanui Inlet" written on back.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Stone. Dark grey, mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is partially ground, but heavily flaked or chipped on majority of surface. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved but heavily chipped. "Papanui Inlet" written on back.

Complete fish gorge.

Complete bone point, distal end sharpened.

Broken needle, proximal end remaining. There is a drilled circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove. There is another shallow groove that meets the transverse groove at a right angle but does not wrap around the entire mahe.