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Adze roughout. The cross section is approximately rectangular. The surface is flaked. There is a small, rectangular piece of paper adhered to the front. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is differentiated by a ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is unfinished and asymmetrical but sharp.

Adze roughout. The cross section is asymmetrical: lenticular on the proper left side and approximately rectangular on the proper right side. The surface is flaked. There is a small, rectangular piece of paper adhered to the front. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is unfinished and undifferentiated. The cutting edge is unfinished and blunt.

Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Broken sinker, lower portion remaining, with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete curved fishhook point fragment. All remaining bit tip of point and end of base. Notches at base.

Complete curved fishhook point. Reduction at base.

Broken straight fishhook point fragment. All remaining but end of base. Internal barb at point. Notch at base.

Broken curved fishhook point fragment. All remaining but tip of point. Base perpendicular to the rest. Notch at base.

Mostly complete awl, chipped at the proximal end. Distal end is long and pointed.

Broken bone point or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone.

Broken bone awl or shellfish picker. Manufactured from hollow bone. Epiphysis on the proximal end.

Complete sinker. There is a very faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete tattoo needle. Needle portion approximately 1cm long.

Complete patu onewa. Butt is squared off. Two horizontal grooves and vertical notches on the proximal edge. Two semicircles are incised on one side below the proximal edge. Notches down on each of the four corners of the proximal end. Butt flares out slightly below these notches, with a perforation drilled from both sides. Five notches on each side edge where the handle meets the blade.

complete straight fishhook point. Very wide base flattened on the sides.

Complete string of 12 glass trade beads. They are of varying size, but all small. They are strung on a straight piece of muka, tied at both ends.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is trapezoidal with front narrower than back. The surface is ground, with bruising on the proper left. There are sawing marks on the proper right. There is minor delineation between the blade and butt, with tapering towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a concave wearing and curved line. The cutting edge is curved and blunt, with chipping.

Broken adze with the blade remaining. Rectangular. The surface is mostly bruised but the front is ground with some flaking. The back has some ground areas. The butt is not present. The bevel is demarcated but a slight line at the chin. The cutting edge is moderately sharp and slightly curved; the proper right side is more predominantly curved upwards.

Complete bone pendant. Knob at one end and curved to a point at other end. Serrations along both sides.