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Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green tangiwai variety. Chatoyant with high translucency. Surface is ground. Cross section is lenticular. Tapered and rounded at each end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at proximal end.

Complete bone pendant. Mostly straight, but slightly curved at the distal end. Suspension hole which has been drilled with a metal tool.

Complete patu onewa with no tau. Drill perforation present. Butt has three concave reke. Large chip on one edge, no other chips. Blade smooth and in good condition.

Complete mere pounamu. Dark green and silver takiwai variety with high translucency and chatoyant bands. Spatulate in shape. Distal edge of blade is straight and sharp with rounded side edges. Bilateral reduction where the blade meets the handle, flaring out again at the proximal end. Four ornamental grooves on both sides of butt with perforation in the centre, which interrupts the grooves. Perforation hole is straight sided and threaded with a leather thong.

Set of four pendants strung together via suspension holes with a piece of black ribbon. One is a pounamu pendant, mid-green in colour, high translucency, square in cross-section, and squared off at each end. The other three are mako shark teeth pendants. One has purple sealing wax at the root, and the other two have red sealing wax.

Wooden adze haft. Surface is polished smooth. Handle is round in cross section, with a platform at the distal end running perpendicular to the handle. Groove cut in platform with plaited flax tied around and attached to handle.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, mid brown, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Back of adze is concave. Surface is ground, with some flaking on back edges and on poll, some bruising on bevel. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll and front slopes down towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip missing from proper right side of cutting edge. Cutting edge is narrower than widest point of blade.

Broken bone comb, head was previously broken in two pieces and glued back together; all ten teeth are broken off. Proximal edge is oblique, sides are straight with sawing marks evident on one side edge.

Broken bone comb. Previously broken in several pieces and glued back together; large part of head, centre portion, and various teeth are missing. Proximal end is rounded. A rounded projection on one side edge has broken off. 26 teeth, all broken at various points. Surface is in poor condition, possibly varnished and covered in glue, with pieces of index card attached to one side.

Broken bone comb, head remaining. Rounded at the proximal end. A carved head is projecting off one side edge; mouth, tongue, and eye are indicated. Remnants of about 25 teeth, with more likely, all broken off at the base of the head.

A variation of a konae, a two cornered bag made with an even number of whenu (strands) from a folded square base. Woven with natural harakeke in a takirua (over two, under two) pattern. An irregular tapiki (finish) has been used and secured with a row of whatu aho patahi (single-pair weft-twining) and whatu aho rua (two-pair weft-twining). A muka cord has then been threaded through to create a pouch.

Part A: Incomplete, broken adze. Light brown stone. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is bruised and flaked. It is unclear which end of an adze this piece is. There is one edge that is relatively sharp but in an asymmetrical curve. There are some rounded edges. Part B: Incomplete broken adze. Grey stone. Irregular cross-section. There is no butt or bevel, it appears to be a small part of a much larger adze. The surface is both flaked and bruised.

Complete adze. Stone. Grey and dark grey. Cross-secton is trapezodal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, blade comes out at a slight angle from butt, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped along cutting edge.

Complete adze Cross-section of butt is triangular, with apex to front, becoming more circular towards blade. Surface of blade is ground, becoming more flaked towards butt Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete chisel. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground, but with some bruising on proper left front side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting is sharp and curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, except for areas of natural roughness Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Front and back reduced, forming an edge at the poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete pounamu adze. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is ground, with bruising on the poll. There is major differentiation of the butt, with a change in urface and a reduction of the sides. The bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Fragment of chisel or gouge, blade end.

Fragment of chisel or gouge, blade end.

Fragment of chisel or gouge, blade end.