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Complete bone bird spear point. Five barbs. Bottom barb has a single notch.

Broken needle, shaft and tip remaining. Distal end is sharp. Needle is broken at drilled eye on the proximal end.

Fishhook point is incomplete; broken at base and tip. Fishhook point fragment is curved.

Fishhook Point is complete and curved.

Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Straight with notches.

Broken adze (Butt remaining) Cross-section is circular. Surface is bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Blade not present.

Complete curved fishhook point. End of tip broken.

Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at tip, serrations at base.

Bone bird spear point, broken at the base. Five barbs. Notches along both sides from mid-shaft to the base.

Complete curved fishhook point.

Piece of bone, broken in half and worked to a broken point at each end.

Broken threader, tip remaining.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground with some flaking around edges. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is sharp, straight and heavily chipped.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal at poll with front narrower than back, Asymmetrical at blade. Surface is ground with bruising and flaking down both sides, and heavy flaking around the poll. Butt has minor differentiation. The left side has been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line curving from corner to corner. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and straight. Sawing mark down left side proper.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is flaked and bruised Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a faint straight line and curves toward cutting edge. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and curved up on an angle to the proper left.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Rectangular Surface is ground on the front and flaked on the back. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and straight, angled up slightly toward the front right proper.

Complete adze. Rectangular Surface is ground with bruising and flaking on the back and on front right side proper. Butt has minor differentiation, left side has been reduced and shoulder raised. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and straight, angled up slightly toward the front left proper.

Complete adze Plano-convex, back flattened. Surface is ground, with flaking on the poll, front, back and sides. Butt undifferentiated and has been flaked away. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and straight, with the proper right corner flaked away.

Piece of worked pounamu, possibly a pendant. Dark green, black, and light brown. Possibly burnt on one edge. Surface is mostly flaked, with some parts ground. Rounded at both ends, with a curved projection and corresponding indentation at the centre.

Broken patu onewa, perforated proximal portion of the handle remaining, previously broken and glued back together.