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Broken sinker, lower portion remaining, with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete curved fishhook point fragment. All remaining bit tip of point and end of base. Notches at base.

Complete curved fishhook point. Reduction at base.

Broken straight fishhook point fragment. All remaining but end of base. Internal barb at point. Notch at base.

Broken curved fishhook point fragment. All remaining but tip of point. Base perpendicular to the rest. Notch at base.

Mostly complete awl, chipped at the proximal end. Distal end is long and pointed.

Broken bone point or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone.

Broken bone awl or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone. Epiphysis on the proximal end.

Complete sinker. There is a very faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete tattoo needle. Needle portion approximately 1cm long.

Complete patu onewa. Butt is squared off. Two horizontal grooves and vertical notches on the proximal edge. Two semicircles are incised on one side below the proximal edge. Notches down on each of the four corners of the proximal end. Butt flares out slightly below these notches, with a perforation drilled from both sides. Five notches on each side edge where the handle meets the blade.

complete straight fishhook point. Very wide base flattened on the sides.

Complete string of 12 glass trade beads. They are of varying size, but all small. They are strung on a straight piece of muka, tied at both ends.

Dark green pounamu hei tiki made using lapidary machinery. Suspension hole at forehead. Head turned towards left with intricate and well-defined facial features. Arms resting on thighs. Legs curved at underneath body. Perforations at arms and legs. Back flat. Front surface highly polished.

Complete straight bone pendant. Notched along sides and tapered to a point at distal end. Knob at proximal end with a small portion chipped off.

Complete pounamu adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, with a sawing mark on the proper right side. Sides taper to the poll end, which may have a fragment missing. There is no differentiation between the butt and blade. There is a line that demarcates the bevel. The cutting edge is sharp and curved with small chips missing.

Broken adze with the blade remaining. Rectangular. The surface is mostly bruised but the front is ground with some flaking. The back has some ground areas. The butt is not present. The bevel is demarcated but a slight line at the chin. The cutting edge is moderately sharp and slightly curved; the proper right side is more predominantly curved upwards.

Complete bone pendant. Knob at one end and curved to a point at other end. Serrations along both sides.

Broken (blade, bevel and cutting edge present) rectangular, narrowing in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground. The butt is missing. The bevel is slightly curved and distinguishable from the blade by a slight ridge. The cutting edge curved and oblique, and sharp.