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Nephrite/pounamu hei tiki, kahurangi variety, mid green and light brown, high transparency. Broken suspension hole at the top of the head. Head turned to left with cleanly defined features. Defined arms with elbows and three fingered hands sit on thighs, legs joined and lightly defined at feet.

Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. There are three barbs.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is mainly ground with some bruising. There is only very minor differentiation between the butt and blade as the proper left hand side tapers in towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is slight curved and sharp with some flaking along it.

Broken adze with the blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is bruised. There is a saw mark on the proper left hand side. There is no butt. The bevel is demarcated by a line at the chin. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp with minor flaking along it.

Broken pounamu pendant or gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break and on the cutting edge. There is no demarcated bevel or cutting edge.

Complete flute. Finished at both ends. One end has a partial perforation drilled. There are two perforation along the top. Striations along one side in a chevron pattern.

Complete bone pendant. Curved on either side of the proximal end and coming to a point above the suspension hole. Rounded body. Leg-like protrusions and drill holes on either side of the distal end.

Fragment of partially manufactured flute. Remaining end is finished with a perforation. There are two more drill marks along the top, one very faint, and another just at the broken edge. There are cutting marks around the flute just before the broken end, possibly to be reworked into another object. Cracked.

Partially manufactured flute. Finished at one end, with a drilled perforation. The other end is broken.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished and the other is broken. There are striations around the finished end.

Piece of hollow bone, previously broken in four pieces and glued back together. Worked to a point at one end.

Piece of hollow bone, broken at one end and worked to a blunt point at the other end. Surface is weathered.

Piece of hollow worked bone. Part of the epiphysis remaining at one end with a perforation. Other end is broken and worked to a point.

Piece of worked bone, broken in half and at one end. Worked to a sharp, flattened point at one end.

Piece of solid bone, broken at one end and worked to a dull point at the other end.

Piece of hollow worked bone, broken at each end. One end is worked to a dull point.

Complete awl. Epiphysis remaining on the proximal end.

Broken awl, shaft and one pointed end remaining. Broken at other end.

Complete, curved fishhook point.

Complete, curved fishhook point.