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Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
Complete stone chisel. The cross section is plano-convex, front flattened. The surface is ground on the blade and bevel, with flaking towards the poll and back. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and chipped.
Complete adze. Rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated, sides taper toward poll. Bevel is demarcated by a straight angled line. Cutting edge is straight on an angle, smooth and sharp.
Broken slate knife, no edges discernable. Both surfaces are ground.
Silcrete blade split on the right lateral margin. Mid grey and dark grey in colour.
Broken and split silcrete blade, medial portion remaining and split on the ventral surface on a lateral margin.
Complete adze Rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation, sides have been reduced. Bevel has been flaked away. Cutting edge is slightly rounded, sharp, and majorly chipped.
Partial sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove on one side and a hole has been drilled through the sinker.
Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.
Broken pounamu drill point, point remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking originating from the break. There are sawing marks on the front. The back of the point is flattened, with no bevel. The point is chipped and blunt.
Centre piece of fishhook tab.
Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Straight with notches.
Small bone point, one end sharp. Longitudinal striation on one side.
Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.
Broken barbed point, midsection remaining. Single barb before the broken distal end.
Broken barbed point, tip remaining. Single barb at broken proximal end.
Broken bone point, base remaining.
