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Broken wooden scoop, midsection remaining, broken at proximal and distal end. There is a fragment missing from the bottom of the scoop, near the handle.

Piece of worked wood, broken at each end. Roughly rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Surface is worked smooth and sawn flat on two sides, cracked with a large natural knot on one side. Two complete perforations and three broken perforations run lengthwise along the piece.

Piece of worked wood. Roughly rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Surfaces have been sawn flat and worked smooth. There is a broken perforation at one end. A metal ring has been nailed into one side.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow diagonal lashing groove.

Stone flake. Black with light grey cortex on one side. Dorsal surface has unifacial retouch.

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

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete adze. Green/grey stone. The cross-section is trapezoidal with the back slightly narrower than the front. The surface is ground and bruised. There is a straight ridge and square shoulders on the front of the blade. The stone is reduced on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is slightly concave and demarcated by a curved chin. The cutting edge is curved, asymmetrical and sharp. There is a large piece of paper, ripped on the proper right, on the front of the blade. It reads "L70-33 This book[crossed out] adze was presented[crossed out] loaned to Otago Museum by J.B. Falconer Kaiwera -> Southland from SI7C 0873C3"

Broken curved fishhook point, with tip remaining and base not present.

Broken curved fishhook point, neither tip nor base present.

Piece of worked wood. Roughly rectangular in shape and cross-section. One side is worked smooth and flat.

Broken, straight fishhook point with the base missing. It an upper, external barb and an internal barb that is slightly lower. The internal barb is serrated and opposite the barb on the external side there are serration. Just above where it is broken there is a second external barb that has serrations on it and opposite that the internal side is serrated. There is a red brown colour on the bottom.

Complete fishhook point. Straight with internal and external barbs. Serrations at tip. Notches at base.

Broken fishhook point. Base remaining, notches and barbs present.

Partially manufactured hook.