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Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
Broken slate file (kani) or polisher. Cross-section is square. Surface is ground. Two sides of the distal end are ground, and reduced down.
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Light grey and light brown in colour. Dorsal surface has weathering at the proximal end and flake scars at the distal end.
Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Light grey in colour. Flake scars present on dorsal surface.
Complete silcrete blade. Light grey in colour. Platform and left lateral margin are weathered. Flake scars on dorsal surface.
Broken schist file (kani) or polisher. Cross-section is semi-circular.
Broken sandstone file (kani) or polisher, distal end remaining. Cross-section is oval. Sides are reduced to a point.
Broken sandstone file (kani) or polisher. Cross-section is rectangular. One side is rougher than the other.
Sandstone file (kani) or polisher. Cross-section is oval, slightly flattened at the bottom. There is a shallow groove along the bottom only the edge.
Sandstone file (kani) or polisher. Cross-section is rectangular.
Broken awl or shellfish picker, shaft and proximal end remaining. Epiphysis on proximal end.
Complete awl or shellfish picker, shaft and proximal end remaining. Epiphysis on proximal end.
Complete bone point. There is a small notch on either side of the proximal end. The distal end is sharp, and curved outwards.
Shank is complete. It has one internal knob and one external knob at the head.
Fishhook point is incomplete. Tip is missing. Fishhook point fragment is curved.
Fishhook point is incomplete; broken at base. Fishhook point fragment is curved.
Fishhook point is incomplete; broken at tip. Fishhook point fragment is curved.
Partially manufactured fishhook.
Broken seal tooth, split along one side of the root.
Worked bone, shaped for tab, broken. Drill marks at end.
Worked bone, shaped tab. Drill marks at bottom edge.