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Very curved point, probably broken off from a One piece fishhook.

Adze roughout. Grey stone. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. There is a reduction in the stone near the top of the blade in a straight line across one side. It is unclear which is front of the adze. There is no obvious bevel. The cutting edge is blunt and flaked. "Y 5" is written on the stone and there is a round piece of paper adhered to it with illegible writing.

Complete unfinished adze. Light grey stone with a layer of white stone on the back. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is roughly flaked with ground areas on the lower blade. The sides of the blade taper inwards towards the poll and taper a fraction more at the butt. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is chipped and curved.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow diagonal lashing groove.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly bruised, ground on lower blade. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Waikoka written on back.

Stone flake. Black with light grey cortex on one side. Dorsal surface has unifacial retouch.

Broken sinker, one half remaining, with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The cross-section is bruised with ground areas on the lower blade. There is a reduction in the stone on the proper right of the butt. The bevel is demarcated on the sides by curved ridges. The cutting edge is oblique and chipped.

Complete adze. Green/grey stone. The cross-section is trapezoidal with the back slightly narrower than the front. The surface is ground and bruised. There is a straight ridge and square shoulders on the front of the blade. The stone is reduced on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is slightly concave and demarcated by a curved chin. The cutting edge is curved, asymmetrical and sharp. There is a large piece of paper, ripped on the proper right, on the front of the blade. It reads "L70-33 This book[crossed out] adze was presented[crossed out] loaned to Otago Museum by J.B. Falconer Kaiwera -> Southland from SI7C 0873C3"

Complete point. Pointed at both ends, one sharper than the other. The duller of the two ends is broken, bent at an angle.

Broken curved fishhook point, with tip remaining and base not present.

Broken curved fishhook point, neither tip nor base present.

Incomplete adze, the cutting edge is broken off. Brown stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is bruised with flake scars at the break. There is a distinct curved shoulder on the front of the blade and the stone is reduced to form the front of the butt. The bevel is smooth and demarcated from the blade by a straight ridge. The cutting edge and a portion of the front of the lower blade are broken off. There a two small patches of red near the break.

Broken, straight fishhook point with the base missing. It an upper, external barb and an internal barb that is slightly lower. The internal barb is serrated and opposite the barb on the external side there are serration. Just above where it is broken there is a second external barb that has serrations on it and opposite that the internal side is serrated. There is a red brown colour on the bottom.