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Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and light yellow in colour. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface of both lateral margins.

Complete silcrete blade. Light grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface of the left lateral margin. Cortex on the dorsal surface of the right lateral margin.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Burnt shark tooth pendant, broken at the root and along the sides of tooth. Sides of the root and the proximal end have been squared off. Two drill marks indicating broken suspension holes. Naturally-occurring serrations along sides of tooth.

Complete stone chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground and bruised on the sides and on the butt. The blade is flaked. Both sides of the chisel are bevelled. The front bevel is continuous with the blade, the back bevel is demarcated by a change in surface. The cutting edge is straight and flaked.

Complete pounamu pendant. Cream and light brown, oxidised, ground surface. Proximal end is rounded, with an off-centre suspension hole drilled mostly from one side. Centre of the pendant tapers inward on both side edges. Distal end is flat and straight.

Complete straight fishhook point. End of tip broken, internal barb at tip. External serrations at base.

Complete curved fishhook point. Internal barb at tip, external serrations at base.

Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at tip, serrations along one side of base and shank.

Broken barbed fishhook point, tip remaining.

Middle piece of tab

Broken bone pendant, slightly curved and broken at each end.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper internal barb and a lower, exterior notch.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb. It has lower, external basal notches. The fishhook is in a hollowed V-shape.

Incomplete adze. Blade and butt remain. Circular at break, blade is plano-convex with front flattened. Surface is ground with flaking down right side proper, and around the butt. Butt has major differentiation, sides and front have been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a strong line curving up the blade, running from corner to corner. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly curved, with minor flaking.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground. The bevel is concave, demarcated by two diagonal lines. The cutting edge is concave and blunt.

Broken adze. Blade remaining. Oval cross-section The surface is ground and bruised, with some flaking on the front. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides taper in towards the poll end. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is blunt and curved. It is heavily chipped and broken.

Broken pipe, bowl and part of stem remaining. Bowl is deep. The proper right rim of the bowl is burned from lighting. The bowl is decorated with raised lines that follow the curve of the bowl. There is a broken knob at the bottom of the pipe where the bowl meets the stem. There is a fine perforation running through the stem.

Broken straight fishhook point, base remaining. Notches, becoming serrations, along external side.