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Complete seal tooth and root.

Complete wahaika paraoa. Large perforation through handle, with a widened knob at the proximal end. Cracks in surface of one side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, cream. Cross-section is roughly rectangular, with some rounding across front and back. Surface is ground on lower front and back, becoming bruised on upper. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, side taper slightly towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. The cross section is asymmetrical but approximately plano-convex with the front flattened. The surface is bruised and ground. There are deep saw marks running through the middle, from the poll to the cutting edge, on both the front and back suggesting the specimen was to be cut in two. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is straight but angular, with the proper left side of the blade shorter than the right. The edge is sharp.

Complete bone bird spear point. Three barbs.

Partially manufactured tab.

Partially manufactured hook

One-piece bone fishhook. Small part of tip has broken off. Knob at head. Bait notch at base.

Broken, straight fishhook point with the base and lower point remaining. It has a lower, internal notch on the base. The base is wider on the internal side than external side.

Complete fishhook point, curved with internal and external serrations and perforation at base.

Complete fishhook point, curved with internal and external serrations and knob at base.

Complete fishhook point. Curved with serrations near tip and perforation at base.

Complete curved fishhook point. Some reduction and a knob at base.

Complete straight fishhook. Base is shaped like a large hooked barb. There are two notches on external lower point. Serrations with some small barbs on external side towards point. Internal barb, with serrations from barb to tip of point.

Complete straight fishhook point. There are three shallow grooves along the base, the proximal end is reduced.

Complete straight fishhook point.

Complete straight fishhook point with a upper, internal barb. There is a external notch on the base and external serrations.

Complete straight fishhook point. Large curved notch at base, two small notches above. Barb near tip with serrations from barb to tip.

Complete straight fishhook. Serrations on external side, internal barb.

Piece of worked bone, use unknown. Straight and pointed at each end, with barb-like projections just below each point. Groove in the centre on one side indicates that this may be a pendant.