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Bone comb with seven prongs. Perforation drilled from both sides in one corner of the proximal end. Sawing marks at the proximal edge.

Complete curved fishhook point.

Complete tattoo chisel, carved tines at the distal edge.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp and curved. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole at the proximal end, coming to a point at the distal end.

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drill mark on one side of the proximal end, an eye partly bored.

Large adze roughout. Light brown and dark brown stone with red patches. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is roughly flaked. There is a reduction in the stone on the back of the adze halfway up the blade. The stone then tapers in towards the poll. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade on the front. The bevel is a severe slope demarcated by an irregular ridge. The cutting edge is oblique, irregular and blunt.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval, with narrow end to front. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Sides tapered towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge comes to fine point rather than a traditional edge.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground on blade front and back and sides, bruised on butt front, flaked on back sides and back of butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Sides reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, and slightly concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete patu paraoa. The length of the blade has deep natural groves. The handle also has a groove through it. The butt has a circular perforation.

Complete patu paraoa. Handle has a circular perforation.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green with mid-green inclusions, kawakawa variety. Surface is ground with some bruising. Teardrop shape, rounded at the distal end and tapering toward the proximal end. Proximal end has a suspension hole drilled mostly from one side. Proximal edge has been squared off.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Mid green kokopu variety. Surface is polished. Teardrop-shaped, tapered toward the proximal end. Side edges are flattened and distal edge is rounded on one corner.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, lots of flake scars on back and some on front. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel on back is continuous with blade, there is a small bevel on front that is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, small chip mid-cutting edge. Sticker on front with 23 written on it.

Broken adze (all but cutting edge remaining) Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, except on broken edges. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Though sides taper towards poll. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge broken off.

Complete roughout Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Though sides taper to a point at poll end. Back slopes up to meet poll Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Cutting edge as is blunt and straight.

Complete tewhatewha. The upper edge of the blade is curved, with a slight slope to it. The lower edge of the blade is curved, with a small perforation near the shaft. The cross-section of the upper shaft is lenticular, becoming circular on the lower. The surface of the tewhatewha is fully carved. The blade has a rauru spiral on either side, with partial spirals filling in gaps around the edges. The shaft of the tewhatewha is carved with three haehae followed by a row of pakati in a variety of patterns; alternating linear then curved as it goes down the tewhatewha. Approximately 40cm from the bottom of the tewhatewha there is a carved face with missing paua shell inlay.

Complete tokotoko. The distal portion of the tokotoko is uncarved. Everything above 34cm is finely carved in a variety of patterns. After a section of mixed diagonal and longitudinal carved lines, there are stacked human figures. The lowest two are bilateral carved faces with notched paua shell inlay eyes. The figure at the proximal end is a full standing human figure with two slender legs, ending with carved buttocks and stomach with four fingered hands that meet on the stomach. The arms and chest are carved, as is the face. The eyes are inlaid with notched paua shell. There is a curved handle protruding from the back of the head that curves around and meets the tokotoko again at the back of the shoulders of the figure. There is a final human face here where the handle meets the shoulders that also has inlaid paua shell eyes and long carved lip.

Complete huata or tao (spear). Wooden rod with a smooth, undecorated surface. Tapers to a blunt point at one end and a flattened, bevelled edge on the other end. Carved inscription "NA MANAMA" near the blunt end.

Complete timo (grubber). Made from a single piece of light brown wood, worked to about a 45-degree angled curve. Surface is smooth and polished. Butt of the handle has a ngututa head carved, with double ngututa heads on the exterior edge where the handle meets the blade. Eyes have paua shell inserts. Previously broken at the top of the blade and repaired. Tapered to a blunt point on the distal end.