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Complete bone pendant with suspension hole. Slightly curved at both ends

Complete adze. Rectangular at poll, oval at blade. Surface is ground on front, with bruising and flaking down the left side proper and the back. Butt is flaked. Butt has major differentiation; sides have been reduced clearly and shoulders are sharply raised. Bevel demarcated by very faint straight line. Cutting edge is straight, sharp and heavily chipped.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, featuring a drilled circular eye.

Unfinished needle, sharp at both ends. One end is chipped, one side with one notch, the other with two notches. No eye.

Bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Knob part-way down. Curved to a point.

Complete bone pendant. Kinked in two places down the shaft. Broken suspension hole.

Broken bone pendant in three pieces. Straight with suspension hole.

Broken needle, broken at eye. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end, broken at the very end.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end. Small fragment missing from proximal end.

Complete bone pendant. Curved with broken suspension hole.

Complete curved bone pendant with drilled suspension hole.

Complete curved bone pendant with drilled suspension hole.

Complete pounamu bird form pendant. Dark green with lighter green inclusions. Translucent and chatoyant. Surface is ground. Large suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from both sides but one side more than the other. Proximal end curves to one side, representing a bird beak. Straight sides, curving and tapering to one side of the distal end, representing tail feathers.

Rourou (food bowl). Woven with twelve whenu (strands) of harakeke (flax) from the centre outwards in a takitahi pattern. Completed with a whiri (braid) tied with a piece of flax that is looped through the basket and knotted into a handle. Rourou were frequently constructed as single or limited use items as they were quick and easy to weave.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground with some flaking and bruising on the sides and poll. The surface is speckled with black. There is a piece of paper adhered to the back with "Found by Mrs and Miss (illegible: possibly Felo?) at 202 Purakanui 2.11.04" written on it. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line at the chin. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete light green pounamu pendant. Curved to one side at the distal end. Tapering to a suspension knob at the proximal end. Notches along all edges except for internal edge of the curve at the distal end.

Complete adze. The cross section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is predominantly ground with some flaking and bruising on the sides. There is a small, rectangular piece of paper adhered to the back with "413" written on it. The butt is undifferentiated The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, chipped and blunt.

Complete straight pounamu pendant. Light green with surface ground smooth. Large suspension hole at the proximal end. Distal end tapers to a dull point. Both ends have a bevel continuous with the shaft.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Mid-green with light green inclusions; black at the proximal edge. Surface has been ground. One side edge is reduced and flaked along the entire pendant. Suspension hole at the proximal end, slightly off-centre and drilled from both sides. Tapers slightly toward the proximal edge, which is oblique. Distal edge is sharp and straight, similar to the cutting edge of an adze. Bevel is continuous with the blade.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground with some flaking and bruising on the sides, back and butt. The butt is asymmetrical, with the proper left side differentiated by an increased tapering of the side from the shoulder to the poll, and the proper right side undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line at the chin. The blade is asymmetrical with the proper left side longer than the proper right side. The cutting edge is angled and chipped but sharp.