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Worked bone, shaped for fishhook tab. No drill marks on surface, rounded at end.

Worked bone, shaped into tab shape. No drill marks across surface, but end rounded.

Worked bone, shaped tab. Rounded at one edge.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing grrove

Dark brown porcellanite flake. Cortex on the dorsal surface. Bifacial retouch on one of the lateral margins. Unifacial retouch on the other lateral margin.

Mostly complete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Mid grey and light brown in colour. Weathering and flake scars on the dorsal surface.

Mostly complete silcrete blade, termination not present. Mid brown in colour. Flake scars across the dorsal surface. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins and along the termination.

Split and broken silcrete blade, proximal portion and proper right lateral margin remaining. Ventral surface is quite dirty. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Bifacial retouch on proper left lateral margin.

Complete porcellanite blade. Dark brown in colour. Flake scars on the dorsal surface. Extensively bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.

Fragment of adze (possibly fragment of bevel). Stone. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is finished and ground on one side, flaked/broken on other sides. Papatowai written on 2 sides.

Broken fishhook point, lower remaining, tip not present.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove

Triangular porcellanite flake. Cortex visible at proximal end. Ripples on ventral surface. Retouching on the proper right lateral margin.

Broken and split porcellanite blade, proximal portion and proper right side remaining. Dark brown in colour. Cortex and flake scars on the dorsal surface. Unifacial retouch on proper left side lateral margin.

Broken adze (upper blade to butt remaining). Stone. Black and mid grey. Cross-section of butt is circular. Surface of remaining blade is ground, becoming bruised on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides and front reduced forming shoulder, only shoulder on proper right remaining. Bevel and cutting edge not present. Pillans Beach Papatowai written on back.

Broken adze (fragment of blade remaining). Stone. Black. Surface of back is ground. Butt not remaining. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge not present. Pillans Beach Papatowai written on back.

Incomplete Circular cross-section at butt/poll portion. Both front and back of adze have flake scars and bruising. No differentiation between butt and blade. No bevel present on adze as it has completely broken off. Adze is in half with only poll portion present.