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Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is completely ground on the front. The back is almost completely covered with rough patches, except for the blade. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and straight, chipped along sides.

Mostly complete pounamu hei tiki. Dark green and light brown. Surface is ground, with large flake broken off bottom proper right leg. Head is tilted to the proper left side and large in proportion to body. Suspension hole drilled mostly from the back, on knob at top of head. Deep-set eyes carved. Mouth and tongue indicated by shallow grooves. Arms curved outward with hands resting on thighs. Legs joined at the bottom. Perforations at arms and legs. Bevel on both sides of the distal edge resembles a cutting edge, indicating that this may have been reworked from an adze.

Patu onewa fragment, part of handle remaining. Completely flat on the underside. Carved grooves on one side of butt. Drilled perforation.

Broken adze (broken at poll end). Pounamu. Dark green, light green. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground, bruising on proper left front, sawing mark down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper left side. At poll end there is a half a drilled hole. Poll is broken off where hole is drilled. "Murdering Beach" written on back.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and black with feature fractures, Barn Bay source. Surface is ground smooth. One side edge is straight and one is curved. Lenticular cross section. Tapered at the proximal end, with a knob which has a broken out suspension hole. Side edges are partially serrated and notched. Distal end is rounded.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking on the cutting edge, and poll. There are sawing marks on both sides. The bevel is delineated by two lines, joining at a shallow chin. The cutting edge is curved and blunt, with flaking on the proper left.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground and bladed on both ends. Both sides of both ends are bevelled. The tapered cutting edge is curved and sharp, the non-tapered end is straight and blunt.

Complete tooth pendant. The tooth curves to a blunt point. There is a large crack through the distal end of the pendant. The proximal end suspension hole has been drilled from both sides.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated with a line. Cutting edge is straight, smooth and sharp.

Complete toggle, with one end lightly chipped. There is a single perforation, and close to the perforation are some vertical striations. Along the top there are diagonal striations. There is a crack at one end. This object had been glued down at some point, and remains of the adhesive and backing remain on back.

Complete bone pendant. Slightly curved with suspension hole.

Complete curved fishhook point, with a slight breaking at base.

Bone point. Surface is polished.

Complete fish gorge. Remnants of adhesive and old baking material present.

Complete fish gorge. Remnants of adhesive and old baking material present.

Complete bone pendant. Curved with suspension hole.

Slightly curved bone pendant with small portion broken off at the suspension hole.

Broken straight fishhook point, midsection remaining, broken at tip and base. Notches on external side of base. Internal barb.

Broken needle. Distal end is blunt. Broken at the drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, where there is a drilled, circular eye with a crack at the upper edge.