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Complete large shellfish picker, manufactured from hollow bone. Visible repair where previously broken. Cracked towards distal end.

Mostly complete shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone, proximal end is broken and the tip of the distal end is cracked and split.

Complete awl or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone with an epiphysis.

Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone, with epiphysis on the proximal end.

Bone point or shellfish picker. Long and slender.

Bone point or shellfish picker. Long and slender.

Unfinished bird spear point. Single barb at base. Notches indicating unfinished barbs along shaft.

Complete curved fishhook point.

Complete curved fishhook point

Complete curved fishhook point.

Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at tip. External notches at base.

Broken fishhook point, tip remaining. Barbed with serrations along both sides.

Complete straight fishhook point. 1 barb, 3 large notches on the external base.

Complete curved fishhook point. 1 barb.

complete curved fishhook point. 5 extremely irregular and uneven notches at the base.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade, with bruising on the bevel. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with a distinct point.

Broken bird spear point, tip is broken and lower shaft is also broken. 8 barbs. It is black on the side, may be burnt and there is surface cracks and cuts on it. In one place it looks cut. White spots on it

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with bruising on the poll. There is no delineation between butt and blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Oval. Ground with heavy bruising and moderate flaking on front and sides. Butt has minor differentiation - front shoulder is slightly raised and sides taper toward poll. Bevel demarcated by a very faint line angling up the blade from the left side proper. Cutting edge is straight and slightly sharp.

Complete adze Oval. Ground with heavy bruising and moderate flaking down sides and around poll. Butt has minor differentiation - sides have been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by straight angled line crossing the blade and tapering down to corners. Cutting edge is moderately sharp and rounded. There is a horizontal break across top of shoulder - adze has been mended back together in the past.