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Complete adze. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground on front butt and lower blade, flaked around mid-section and sides. Surface is ground on back. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced with surface change from ground to flaked and then back to ground on poll. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, lightly curved at corners of cutting edge. "Sumner." written on back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on back and partially on front, flaked on front and sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. "Sumner" written on back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and down front blade, bruised on back, as well as around butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced slightly and then taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some light bruising around sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper left side does not reduce, but proper right side tapers heavily towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Sumner" written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, bruised at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides widen towards poll and taper towards cutting edge. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line, is slightly concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. "Sumner." [partially obscured] written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground, except for poll and proper right front edge, which are flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. "Sumner." written on front.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete wooden patu aruhe (beater for preparing fern root). Spatula shaped blade with parallel sides and a lenticular cross-section. The distal end is rounded. There is a distinct shoulder between the upper blade and the handle. The handle is circular in cross-section with knob on proximal end. There is a build-up of dirt on both sides of the blades. There are several hair cracks on surface.

Complete fan shell pendant with suspension hole.

Complete, straight fishhook point with one lower, internal barb and one upper, internal barb. There is a external barb a third of the way down the point. It has external, lower notches.

Complete, curved fishhook point with an internal barb in the middle of point and lower, external notches.

Complete bird spear point. There are five barbs, four on one side with one barb on the opposite side. The base of the bird spear point is serrated on both sides.

Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. There are two barbs.

Broken flute, one end remaining. There is one small perforation near the end, with a larger partial perforation on the opposite side. There are darkened striations across the surface, in a triangular pattern on one side, and diagonal lines on the other. Inside of flute stuffed with tissue.

Wooden implement, use unknown. Parallel sided, tapers to a blunt rounded point at distal end. Proximal end rounded with a bilateral notch below the head.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Tapered at one end with some cut marks around the perimeter and a triangular cross-section. Scorch marks at the other end and a flattened rectangular cross-section. Surface is worked smooth.

Rectangular piece of worked wood, use unknown, possibly from a bowl. Slightly concave in profile. Surface has been worked smooth.

Complete minnow shank with a perforation at the head. It has two reductions on the top and the bottom of the base.

Clongumeration of cotton cord, muka ( flax fiber), and muka (flax fiber) formed into cord by miro (rolling) technique.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Rod-shaped and slightly wider at one end. Broken at each end; some splintered pieces have been glued back on. Surface is worked smooth.