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Broken needle, tip remaining. Bone is burned.

Complete hue (gourd container or calabash). Dark brown in colour. Large, with a bulbous base (slightly flattened on the bottom) and a narrow neck. Stem attached at the top of the neck. Large circular perforation on one side of the neck. Several cracks throughout the surface.

Complete hue (gourd container or calabash). Exterior surface is mid brown and covered in a black substance. Large bulbous base, undulating around the perimeter. Short, squat neck with vine stump at the top. Round perforation at the base of the neck.

Broken adze. Upper blade and butt remaining. Cross section is oval. Surface is ground. Flaked at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by lines that come to a point mid blade. Bevel appears to be concave. Cutting edge not present.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical (triangular, with apex to proper left side) Surface is ground along back, but flaked on other surfaces. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front slightly reduced. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge heavily chipped and straight.

Broken adze, upper blade and butt remaining. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is semi-circular, back flattened. Surface is ground, except on broken edges. Flaked at poll. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Front and sides reduced. Bevel and cutting edge not present.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on front and back and proper left. Proper right is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken adze. Blade only Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised, with flaking at sides. Ground at bevel. Butt not present Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Chipped on proper left side.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt oval. Surface is ground, becoming more bruised towards butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll, and back reduced - sloping upwards towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Large chip on proper left side of cutting edge, removing portion of cutting edge and front blade.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and lower blade. Flaked on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Front slopes down towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, chipped on proper left and proper right.

Broken adze (part of butt missing) Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground, with bruising on sides and front of butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, though sides taper towards poll. Proper left of butt has large section broken off. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Cast of a whale tooth pendant. Curved forward and tapering to a point at the distal end. Proximal end is flat with a notched half-circular projection at the front. One complete and one broken suspension hole, both drilled from each side from the proximal edge to the back. Serrations running down both side edges from the proximal end to the distal end.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with areas of natural roughness. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll - more heavily tapered on proper right side. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight. Chipped on proper left side.

Broken adze. Not enough remaining to tell cross-section of whole adze. Surface is ground Very little of butt remaining, but looks undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular, with rounded back. Surface is ground on front and sides, flaked on back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Front slightly raised. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, no eye.

Complete straight fishhook point, with internal barb at tip, and external notches at base.

Partially manufactured fishhook. Indentation in centre, rounded on one end.

Small fragment of broken and split bone, worked to a blunt point at one end.

Broken one-piece fishhook, base and lower side remaining. Serrations on external side of fragment.