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Broken porcellanite blade, distal end remaining. Light grey and light purple.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Surface is ground, with some bruising on the back. Butt has very minor differentiation, sides have been reduced. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and straight, and angled. Sawing mark down the centre of the back.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Surface is ground with bruising and flaking in many areas. Butt has minor differentiation, sides are reduced. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Piece of worked pounamu/nephrite. Pale green tangiwai variety, high translucency. Surface is ground on one side and flaked on other side. Small rounded proximal projection with notches on either side at base, possibly meant to function as a suspension device, worn as a pendant. Four pointed projections, two on each side edge, most notable on the distal edge, which is oblique.

Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and light brown in colour.

Silcrete flake. Mid grey and light yellow in colour.

Chalcedony flake. Light grey in colour.

Dark grey stone flake.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Surface is charred, dessicated, and very sandy. Tapered at one end, with flattened sides.

complete roughly trapezoidal, back narrower than the front. Narrows in the sides from blade towards the poll. The surface is ground, with few flakes/chips. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is flat and distinguishable from the blade by a clear ridge. The cutting edge us straight and oblique, and sharp. Faint ditch or gutter? Running lengthways down the front of the blade

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is semi-circular, back flattened. Surface is ground. Flaked at poll. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Front and sides reduced. Back of butt flaked so that it slopes up towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight. Chipped on proper left side and mid cutting edge.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front of blade and proper right side of back, bruised and flaked on butt and proper left side of back Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides are strongly tapered toward the butt Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Partially manufactured fishhook

Partially manufactured fishhook

Partially manufactured fishhook

Partially manufactured fishhook

Partially manufactured fishhook

Broken straight fishhook point, with only base remaining. External notches present.

Broken straight fishhook point, with all remaining except tip. Internal barb and external notches at base.

Complete obsidian blade. Black in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface.