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One piece fishhook, unfinished. Broken into two pieces at base with point missing. Drilled hole in base with knob on head. Small piece glued on at base portion.

One-piece fishhook fragment, head, shank and base present, Knob and shank knob on head. One-piece fishhook fragment, tip, point and basal section present.

One-piece fishhook fragment, tip and point present.

Porcellanite flake, light purple in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. No retouch.

Broken porcellanite blade. Light purple and grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on one lateral margin.

Broken stone blade, medial proportion remaining. Light grey in colour. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.

Complete adze. Black stone. Thin rectangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with some flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is indicated by a slight angle in the stone on one side of the blade. The cutting edge is flaked, straight and blunt.

Piece of worked pounamu, tapered at one end. Light green and grey in colour. Surface is bruised and flaked.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Broken adze (cutting edge remaining). Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground. Butt not present. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. Wakapatu written on back.

Broken shank, fragment of head remaining, knobs.

Adze roughout. Black stone. Surface is flaked. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with the back narrower than the front. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by an irregular ridge. Cutting edge is curved and flaked. "McClennan's Southland." inscription.

Complete Oval cross-section Bruised surface with flake scars on bevel and butt, visible crack at mend The front and sides of the butt are slightly reduced above the shoulders and widen again at the rounded poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade but appears to be a darker colour than the blade. The cutting edge is curved and asymmetrical with large flake scars The butt of the adze had been broken off and has been glued back on the blade. Each piece still has a part number written on it (butt D33.1984 a and blade D33.1984 b)

Complete adze. Mid grey stone. The cross-section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly bruised, with flake scars on the sides and the butt. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and asymmetrical with a flake scar on the front.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is bruised with some flake scars and ground areas on the lower blade. There is a reduction in the stone on the sides of the base of the butt. The poll is oblique and irregular. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and chipped.

Roughout adze. Black stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is roughly flaked with smooth areas on the blade. There is no distinction between the blade and the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp with a chip on the proper left.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides slightly reduced to form ridge and shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved. Overall shape of adze is concave.