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Complete rough out Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Partially manufactured hook.

Fishhook point is complete. It is curved.

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced forming small shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, mostly chipped off. Waipapa Pt. (W) written on front and back.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, demarcated by a large ridge. Fragment missing from poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and and curved, chipped on proper left and right. Waipapa Pt. (W) written on front.

Broken adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is partially ground, with large flake marks on all sides. Large fragment chipped out mid adze on the back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished, or possibly broken off. Waipapa Pt (w) written on back.

Broken sinker, one half remaining, with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey speckled with black and white. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced and sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Maori chisel found at Pine Bush Southland January 1899 written on sticker on back.

Complete adze. Argillite. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, sawing marks on front and back running the length of the adze. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, back slightly reduced, possibly natural. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Waipapa Pt. written on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, except back of butt and poll which has areas of bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped.

Bone bird spear point, broken at each end. Four barbs.

Complete roughout. Stone. Mid grey, light grey. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is flaked. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and back of butt reduced, sides taper towards poll. Presumed bevel flaked and unfinished, cutting edge is blunt and curved, also unfinished. 1932 Wakapatu written on presumed front.

Adze roughout. Rounded diamond cross-section. The surface is roughly flaked with some bruising. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade, although the back of the butt is slightly concave. The bevel is made up of flake scars and is demarcated by a line of bruising. The cutting edge ends in an irregular point.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval Surface of blade is ground. Front side of butt is bruised. Heavy differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to create a ridge. Bevel is continuous with blade, slightly concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Basalt. Black. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Cross-section of butt is semi-circular back flattened. Surface is mostly ground, front and back of butt is bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced after ridge, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Wyndham written on front.

Nephrite/pounamu hei tiki, kawakawa variety, dark green. Scarve cuts across top of head below top knot through which holes bored from both sides in top knot, chip on rear of head one side. Head turned to right with intricate facial features. Grooves along sides of torso. Perforations at arms and legs. Arms rest on thighs. Legs meet at the centre with three toes.

Complete inanga pounamu pendant. Surface is ground. Shape is a rounded hei matau. Suspension hole at proximal end has ben drilled from both sides. There is a stylised knob adjacent to the suspension hole. There is a blunt external barb on the bottom of the pendant.

Complete kawakawa pounamu pendant. Shape is an asymmetric adze, with a reduced cutting edge. The suspention hole at the proximal end has been drilled from the back. The cutting edge of the blade has been worn to a concave edge, forming a point on the proper left and a blunt foot on the proper right. The proper right lateral margin is reduced. The front face is rounded, with the back face flattened.

Broken tatā (canoe bailer), large fragment from proper right side missing. Dark brown totara. The handle extends from the back end of the bailer to the mid-front in a continuous curve. There is a perforation where the handle meets the back end. There are numerous in the surface of the wood.

Complete unfinished adze. Light brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked. There is a slight reduction in the stone at the sides of the butt. The shape of a bevel is roughly indicated in flake scars. The cutting edge is irregular and sharp. "Morrell 1894 M---" is written on the back in pencil.