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Incomplete adze. Oval. Surface is bruised with flaking on cutting edge. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade and tapers down sharply to cutting edge. Cutting edge is jagged and uneven, mostly flaked away.

Complete one-piece fishhook, unfinished. Previously broken at upper and lower point, now fixed. Surface has modern markings showing how head and tip would have been finished. Knob at head.

Complete, straight fishhook point with two upper, internal barbs; one just below the other. It has lower, exterior basal notches.

Pounamu/nephrite pendant, broken at each end. Dark grey and mid green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground smooth. Curved to a point at the distal end. Proximal end is squared off. Feather fracture crack runs from just below proximal head along ridge down 2/3 of length.

Complete adze Rectangular. Surface is bruised with flaking around the edges. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by straight line. Cutting edge is uneven and flaked with proper left corner missing.

Complete pounamu adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground on the blade and front. The back has flaking down the proper left. The proper left side is also flaked on the front towards the cutting edge. The proper right side has sawing marks. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, with chipping.

Partially manufactured hook tab. Rounded impression on the back portion.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground with flaking around the edges. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a strong straight line. Cutting edge is straight, sharp, and the left side proper corner has been chipped away.

Complete stone gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground. There is flaking on the cutting edge and on the butt. The bevel is demarcated by two diagonal lines. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, with the proper left side chipped off.

Broken bone pendant. Proximal end is squared off with a suspension hole drilled from each side. Distal end is curved to a point.

Complete straight fishhook point. 5 notches present at base with barb on opposite side at point end.

Complete, curved fishhook point. It has an upper, internal barb that has serrations above it to the tip as well as serrations down the external side from the tip to the bottom of the point where there is a notch. There is a perforation the base although part of it is missing.

Complete adze. Lenticular. Surface is bruised with flaking on sides. Butt has minor differentiation; sides are reduced. Bevel is continuous, and tapers down toward cutting edge. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Bone shellfish picker. Distal end is pointed, proximal end broken.

Bone awl, chipped where shaft reduces to a point.

Bone bird spear point, broken at the tip. Two barbs. Notches along one side.

Complete, curved fishhook point.

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with bruising on the back and flaking at the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a change in surface. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Rectangular at poll, asymmetrical at blade. Surface is ground with heavy flaking and bruising down the left side proper, on the poll and some flaking on the right side proper. Butt has minor differentiation with sides reduced; poll has been flaked away. Bevel is demarcated by a strong line curving from corner to corner. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and straight.

Complete adze. Plano-convex, back flattened. Surface is heavily flaked. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a straight ridge. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded, with the proper left corner missing.