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Complete adze. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Sides tapered towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with large chip on proper left front.

Grey with shiny dark grey/black flaw on end of blade ant one side. Spatulate in shape, relatively narrow blade. Tapers to neck - no shoulders - and then expands to knobbed proximal end. 4 ridges (3 + central, proximal one which are flat between ridges. Hourglass perforation on handle inside of ridges.

Complete patu onewa. Ornamental grooves at butt. Drilled perforation at handle. Chip on blade edge.

Complete wooden pūtōrino. Bound at each end with harakeke strands; discolouration on the surface appears to indicate that there once were additional binding sites. Single mouth perforation on one side with rudimentary eyes carved onto surface and very two shallow koru radiating from centre below mouth. An unevenly set cross-shaped mark sits on top face above eyes. Surface has been varnished in the past but now worn. Two cracks running longitudinally on both sides with tape residue running along one.

Complete wooden pūtōrino. Bound with strands of harakeke at each end and at four places on the body. Tapered at the distal end, with a knobbed mouthpiece at the proximal end. Perforation at the centre on one side. Surface has been painted mid-brown. Two cracks running longitudinally on each side.

Fragment of mould used to form decorated Samian-ware pottery. 1st century AD.

Bronze mirror case that displays a seated Aphrodite. She faces winged Eros, who holds a rooster.

Complete pae hamuti, used as a grip to balance while squatting over a latrine. This piece has been identified as a forgery and not of authentic Maori origin. Dark brown in colour. A human head figure is carved at each end; one is much larger than the other and has paua shell inlays in eyes. The head has been broken at the mouth and repaired. The body of the larger figure is carved behind the head, with three toes and three fingers and spiral decoration on the shoulders and buttocks. The middle of the handle is uncarved and smooth. There is a rectangular reduction on the bar (at the end closest to the larger carved head), with a rectangular perforation in the centre for lashing.