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Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete bone pendant with suspension hole. Groups of ornamental grooves at proximal end and at mid-shaft.

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.

Complete patu paraoa with drilled perforation on butt. Butt portion appears curved in shape and has carved (reke) rounded grooves. Surface of blade has cracks running vertically down the blade, with cuts and scratching visible. Most if not all of the cut markings are running horizontally or on an angle.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly bruised, with some ground areas on blade. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming a small shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped along cutting edge. Otahiri Southland written on front and back.

Broken bowl, the sides of one end have been broken off. Elongated with short sides, creating a shallow bowl. The remaining end has a high-sided V shaped projection. The bottom of the bowl is flat, inside smoothed. The surface of the outside is smoothed along sides with the broken end rough. There is a visible repair where previously broken, and several cracks along bottom and sides.

Complete patu aruhe (fern root beater). There is a ridge running from neck towards beater but running out and flattening out towards end of head. There is a shoulder between beater end and handle. There are two significant splits on handle, on opposite sides. There are several smaller splits on sides of beater end. Surface is covered in small cracks, possibly burnt.

Rough out, broken, indeterminate portion Rectangular There are flake scars on front, back and side surfaces.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly bruised. Bevel of the blade is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to form shoulder. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Dark brown stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground, flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is smooth and demarcated by a slight oblique chin. The cutting edge is curved and flaked on the front.

Complete adze Trapezoidal with front narrower than back The surface is mostly ground with a few flake scars. There is a chip on the proper right. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated with a small ridge, cutting edge is sharp, curved and has some small chips.

Complete curved bone pendant with suspension hole at the proximal end.

Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at point, external notches at base.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end. Drilled, circular eye at the proximal end. An old, broken eye at the very end.

Broken needle, proximal end and shaft remaining. Drilled, circular eye at the proximal end. An old, broken eye at the very proximal end. Needle is attached to a velvet covered board by two small lengths of twine.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

One-piece fishhook. Knob at head. Broken at base and point. Fragment at tip missing.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Stone. Mid grey, light grey, mid brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, but is bruised, possibly unfinished. Cutting edge is blunt and curved. Curio Bay written on front and back.

Broken adze (butt remaining. Butt in 2 pieces, glued together, though pieces don't fit together perfectly). Pounamu. Light green, mid green, and dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground. Sides of butt taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge not present. Curio Bay written on front and back.