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Complete curved fishhook point, tip of point not present. External barb.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and a lower, internal notch. The internal side is serrated above the notch to the tip. It has external, lower notches and serration above these notches to the tip.

Broken, curved fishhook point with the tip and point remaining. The external side is serrated down to where it is broken and there is an upper, internal barb.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and an external barb in the middle of the point as well as lower, external notches.

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

Incomplete Trapezoidal blade. Front of blade is ground. Back of blade is bruised. No differentiation between blade and butt. Blade is very long and narrow in shape. Bevel is demarcated with slight ridge. Cutting edge is blunt and curved.

Water-worn pebble with suspension hole drilled through from both sides. Light brown with blotches of purple (artificially stained?).

Incomplete Asymmetrical blade. Front of blade is mostly ground with minor flake scarring in some areas. Back of blade is also ground. No differentiation between blade and butt. Significant portion of blade is missing to the left side. Bevel is not clear on blade. Cutting edge is blunt and curved.

Incomplete Not present Front of blade is both ground and bruised as-well as the back. No differentiation between blade and butt. Butt and bevel portion on blade are not present. No bevel is present.

Pounamu/nephrite pendant, broken and partially glued back together at the distal end. Mid-green, kawakawa variety. Side edges are rounded, tapering to each end. Proximal end resembles a fish head, with an off-centre suspension hole (drilled from each side) for the eye and a notch at the edge for the mouth. Distal end is oblique. Ref Comp Spkg p 72 (4.1-4)

Piece of worked pounamu/nephrite, dark green kawakawa variety. Surface is partially ground with some chipping on edges. Roughly shaped into the outline of a human leg, with projections resembling a buttock, knee, and foot, possibly indicating that this piece is an unfinished pendant.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Mid green and silver. Surface is ground with some flaking. Tapered at both ends. Proximal end has a suspension hole drilled from both sides (slightly skewed) and sides are slightly squared off. Distal end is rounded with a curved bevel on one side, possibly indicating that this may have been made from a chisel.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark blue-grey, inanga variety. Surface has been ground smooth. Rectangular cross section. Each end has a bevel demarcated by a line, indicating that this piece may have been reworked from a chisel. Proximal end has a very small off-centre suspension hole drilled from each side. Distal edge is chipped and oblique.

Piece of worked pounamu/nephrite, mid-green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground, flaked on some edges. One large projection at one end and three smaller projections at the other end. Ref "Comparatively Speaking" p63 (4.68)

Incomplete Trapezoidal blade. Front of blade is ground. Back of blade is ground with flake scarring at left side and upper right corner. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Worked pounamu. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with bruising on each side. The stone is convex, with the sides ground to straightness.

Fragment of a patu onewa, part of handle and proximal part of the blade remaining. Broken at the butt, with evidence of a perforation remaining.

Complete, curved fishhook point. It is made of jaw bone.

Complete, curved fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and a lower, external notch

Sandal woven from harakeke (flax). Two whenu (strands) are overlaid for reinforcement and woven using the takirua pattern. Braided tapiki (finish) along the heel ends with long harakeke (70mm) added as a cushioning element adhered via looping and threading through wefts. Three ply whiri (braid) woven with muka (flax fibre) is threaded in eight loops around the outside of the sandal and is laced with and additional 3 ply whiri muka. A looped loosely woven muka cord formed using the miro (rolled) technique form the back of sandal at the rear.