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Broken patu onewa, part of mid-blade remaining. Broken at either end. Cross-section is lenticular.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki. Dark green with low translucency. Saw mark on back surface, running from proximal end to proper right arm. Head inclined to proper left shoulder. Suspension hole drilled from both sides above one eye; additional incomplete drill mark on front. Eyebrows, nose, mouth and tongue indicated. Arms akimbo with elbows accentuated and arms positioned towards rear of thighs. Three fingered hands indistinctly visible on thighs. Legs joined together with three toes indicated on each side.

Piece of worked bone. One side has an incised anthropomorphic figure incised on it, with drilled eyes. Proximal edges outlines the head and body of the figure. Other side has a small half-circular shape in one corner. Side edges are flattened. Distal end has sawing marks in an upside down V-shape and is broken off in the centre. Surface has been ground smooth.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green, mid-blue, and black in colour with low transparency. Inanga variety, Westland source. Adze-shaped, with a broken and reworked proximal end. Proximal edge is rounded and reduced with shoulders. Complete suspension hole drilled from both sides, as well as a drill mark on one side indicating another incomplete suspension hole. One side edge has a small sawing mark and serrations running along the lower end, possibly an indicator of the number of generations of use. Distal end is oblique and sharp.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki, inanga variety, Arahura source. Head inclined to left. Right arm with three fingers and thumb on trunk, left arm with three fingers on thigh and thumb on abdomen. Brows, nose, eyes and elbow joints indicated, mouth has tongue protruding straight over lower jaw, with one tooth indicated in each corner. Finely decorated on nose. Two suspension holes each drilled from both sides, that nearest to the nose is well worn and thin towards the outside edge. The other hole is approximately in the centre of the tiki, just above the left eye. Female genitals indicated. Legs joined together with three toes each.

Complete flute. There are four perforations, three along the top, and one at the end. Groups of diagonal striations wrap around the flute. There is a crack that runs through the perforations, and others along the length of the flute.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green inanga variety. Surface is polished. Suspension hole at the proximal end. J-shaped, curved and rounded at the distal end.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground. Straight with rounded ends. Tapered to the proximal end with a straight suspension hole.

Complete piupiu. Garment made from flax, scraped and unscraped, dyed (black, gold) and undyed (natural). Tags fall from various levels of kaupapa. Tags have scraped and unscraped sections forming a pattern of 4 horizontal bands across skirt. All unscraped sections are incised with cuts, some horizontal, some diagonal, some with criss-cross pattern. Kaupapa is approx. 230mm long with 17 weft rows (black) of single pair twining. Waistband has 4 weft rows (3 natural, 1 gold) of double pair twining. Top of waistband is 3 ply plait from warp extensions of kaupapa. Ties at each end are extensions of 3 ply plait. One has gold and natural flax fibre worked into it, and is knotted in several places.

Complete mere pounamu. Inaka section crosses diagonally from one side to the other on blade with kahurangi pounamu extending to proximal end. Dark green, mid-yellow, and black in colour. Surface is polished. Six grooves at butt with perforated hole drilled from both sides. Both edges of hole slightly inset. String looped through hole and tied.

A model of a hoe (waka paddle). Dark brown wood. Handle is worked smooth with a knob on the butt and an oval cross-section. Blade of the paddle is diamond-shaped with a half-circular cross-section. Blade is carved with a rauponga (ridges and notches) pattern on one side and a koru pattern on the other side.

Complete seal femur. No damage evident.

Complete taiaha. Wooden surface is smooth and polished. Double-sided human face carved at the proximal end. Face has a protruding tongue, geometric shapes on lips and forehead, slanted eyes. Distal end of the blade is rounded.

Seal tooth, small part broken off base of root, which is hollow.

Seal tooth, split in half with a cut mark at the base of the root.

Seal tooth, split in half

Broken silcrete blade that has the terminal portion present. It is dark grey and light grey in colour. There is significant unifacial retouching on the proper left lateral margin of the dorsal surface and on the proper right lateral margin of the ventral surface.

Broken silcrete blade that has the terminal portion remaining. It is cream and dark grey in colour. There is major retouching on both the lateral margins of the dorsal surface.

Broken silcrete blade that has the terminal portion remaining. It is dark grey and light brown in colour. There is flaking across the dorsal surface and unifacial retouching on both lateral margins of the dorsal surface.

Broken bone pendant, broken at the proximal end on one side. Broken suspension hole. Slightly curved and tapered toward a point at the distal end.