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Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular at butt and trapezoidal at the blade, with back narrower than front. The surface is ground, with chipping down both sides, and on the front. The butt has minor differentiation, with the proper right shoulder raised. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge, and is curved down toward the cutting edge. The cutting edge is curved, smooth and sharp. Some discolouration at the edges of the chips.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on front of blade and back. Surface is bruised on sides and front of butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front slightly reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Kokonga written on front and back.

Complete patu onewa, with no tau. Drill perforation present. Butt has knobs protruding from the sides. Patu is bruised all over and there is moderate chipping along bottom of blade edge.

Fragment "A" of kete woven from harakeke (flax) using fine whenu (strands). Kaupapa (body) woven using takirua pattern. Sewn together along one edge with muka (flax fibre) cord twined to tapiki (finish) another edge. Fragment "B" of kete woven from harakeke (flax) using fine whenu (strands). Kaupapa (body) woven using takirua pattern. Muka (flax fibre) cord twined to tapiki (finish) opening with remaining whenu untrimmed as a decorative element. Fragments of muka cord made using the miro (rolling) technique remain.

Piece of whale baleen found housed in a kete pingao. Appears unworked with natural delamination.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval. Surfaces of front blade and bevel are ground. All other surfaces are bruised, with some flaking. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced, front slopes down to poll. Poll flaked so it angles down. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp, chip on proper right side of cutting edge. Central Otago written on front and back.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid-green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surfaces of lower blade are ground, flaked on upper blade and butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, which is pointed. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight. Central Otago written on front.

Broken bowl, base and two intact sides remaining. Shaped to a point a one end, squared at other end. Base flat externally and internally. Intact side straight. There is a small rectangular projection 15 mm long below rim on straight end. At the pointed end there is a small perforation through the base.

Multiple fragments of unworked bird skin and attached brown to black feathers. Found in a shelter at the Talla burn and Clutha river junction with a wooden box containing Huia and Kaka feathers.

Fragments of fine kete woven using the takitoru pattern. The upper edge of the largest fragment features remnants of unique woven triangles as a decorative element below a finely woven tapiki (finish) featuring a three ply whiri (braid) looped as possible handles. Other fragments contain remnants of muka cord

Piece of kōkōwai wrapped in three layers of kete and kelp. Kōkōwai rests on a bed of feathers and soft fibre and is imprinted with fibre remnants of inner kete. Kete is plaited in over-one, under-one twill, with narrow strands of unscraped plant material. Middle layer is a piece of rigid kelp. Outer layer is a larger, more complete woven piece of kete, curled at the edges and quite rigid, plaited around one edge.

Piece of kōkōwai wrapped in three layers of kete and kelp. Kōkōwai rests on a bed of feathers and soft fibre and is imprinted with fibre remnants of inner kete. Kete is plaited in over-one, under-one twill, with narrow strands of unscraped plant material. Middle layer is a piece of rigid kelp. Outer layer is a larger, more complete woven piece of kete, curled at the edges and quite rigid, plaited around one edge.

Complete slate knife. Cutting edge is blunt and chipped. Surface is bruised and flaked at the haft. Usewear is present across one surface, bevel present on medial portion of other side.

Mostly complete slate knife, reduced and flaked on both sides of the haft. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is ground and bruising is present near the haft. Flaking on the proximal end of haft is present. Very slight bevel is present at cutting edge.

Complete slate knife. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is ground with some flaking present. Slight bevel present on both sides of cutting edge. Usewear is present on surface, especially near haft.

Complete stone tool, possibly drill point. Cross-section is rectangular, and reduced on one side of the proximal end. The sides taper evenly to a point at the distal end, with retouch along the lateral margins. The surface is ground towards the distal end. The tip is slightly curved.

Worked stone tool. Grey stone - schistose. Diamond shaped in cross-section. Tapers to a point at distal end. It is bifacial, bilaterally worked and bilaterally reduced 88mm from proximal end.

complete Oval butt with a trapezoidal blade The surface is ground with bruising up the sides and on the front of the butt, with minor flaking at the poll. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade, with a slight reduction from the blade to butt on the sides and front. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The bevel is curved. The cutting edge is curved and sharp but chipped.

complete. Rectangular. The surface is ground, with slight flaking. Major differentiation between the butt and the blade, sides reduced in a shallow curve, flaring out at the butt to be wider than than the cutting edge. The bevel is continuous with blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp. "Nevis, Central Otago" written on front and back.

Broken slate knife, one lateral margin remaining. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is mostly ground with some bruising on both sides. Usewear is present at blade and across surface. Haft is sawn flat.