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Broken toggle, fragment remaining. Finished end is serrated.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. This fragment is finished at both ends, and both are serrated.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Finished at one end.

Broken toggle, small longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished. There are striations across the surface. One end is stained.

Broken toggle, small fragment remaining. One end is finished, at the broken end there is a partial perforation. There are striations across the surface.

A model of a hoe (waka paddle). Light brown wood. Handle is worked smooth with a round cross-section. A knob on the butt of the handle is carved with a simple human face, with eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth depicted. Blade of the paddle is oblong with a lenticular cross-section; broken at the distal end. Blade is carved on front and back with a pattern of horizontal and vertical grooves.

Incomplete straight fishhook point. Notch at base above break.

Complete grey stone minnow lure shank. Previously broken near the base and glued back together. Knob at the base and perforation at the head. Circular cross-section.

roughout Circular cross-section at the butt, asymmetrical at the bevel. Roughly flaked and bruised surface on back of adze, bruised on the front butt, smooth stone on front The butt is indicated by the bruised surface which stops at the blade in an asymmetrical curved line. The back of the adze has not been worked enough to show a bevel. The cutting edge on the front is an irregular curve with a flake scar on the proper right. The front of the blade is outlined by the bruising around it. The back of the blade is unshaped

Complete kaitaka patea cloak. Woven from muka (flax fibre) with horizontal aho (wefts). Narrow wool taniko borders on the side edges and a broad border on the bottom. Taniko is woven in black and white chevron and diamond pattern, with triangles in red, pink, green, and blue; faded throughout. The body of the cloak and the top border are undecorated.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Dark green and green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground except at poll (where possibly broken). Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper slightly. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete chisel. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of poll is oval. Surface is mostly ground, with some flaking and bruising on sides and butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides heavily reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped.

Complete adze. Greywacke. Dark grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is mostly ground, some bruising on sides, and flaked at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Corners of front and sides reduced so they are rounded. On proper right side of butt there is a possibly natural depression. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight, large chip on proper right side.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Cross-section is oval (almost circular). Surface is ground except at poll (possibly where broken). Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and very curved.

Broken ribbonwood piupiu. A section of proper left tags missing. The tags have been arranged in alternating vertical lines of undyed and dyed (red and dark purple) bands. These tags are accompanied by four 3 ply whiri (plaits). The proper left whiri is missing. The whiri are dyed red and purple, with one whenu (strand) left undyed. The waistband is approximately 7cm wide with three weft weaves. The front of the waistband has been covered with a decorative twill (diagonal weave). The waistband has a decorative edging at the top, attached using cotton thread. At each end of the waistband a 4 ply whiri extension of different fibre has been attached. One detached tag accompanies the garment.

Complete kahu kiwi (Kiwi feather cloak). Worked in single pair twine, shaped in middle, with a kiwi feather border, all sides but more narrow along the top, and there are single kiwi feather tags throughout the centre, like polka dots, There is brown twine above the bottom kiwi feather border.There are two purple ties that end in tassels at the top edge of the kahu kiwi, approximately 6cm from each side.

Complete kahu kiwi. Feathers are intermittently worked into the cloak. There is a vertical striped design; one brown, three yellow, one brown, three yellow, one brown. Cloak is worked in two pair twine, shaped at shoulders, has reverse weaving at selvages for finishing off black twine in selvages.

Complete hue (gourd container or calabash). Exterior surface is mid brown and covered with a black substance. Wide, bulbous base with a short, wide neck. Vine stem at the top of the neck, with a circular perforation on one side of the neck. Several cracks throughout body and neck.

Complete hue or taha huahua (gourd container or calabash) inside a kete and wooden hoop supports. Neck of the gourd has been cut away, creating a large circular hole, the edges of which have been worked smooth. Kete is plaited with unscraped harakeke in an over-two, under-two twill. Kete has a flat base and rounded sides with a drawstring closure made of twisted muka cord. Two wooden hoops wrap around the perimeter of the kete to support the container. The two hoops are tied with pieces of unscraped harakeke and thick plaited muka handles.

Small chisel. Greenstone. Two small notches at poll end. Groove underside at opposing end.