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Paua shell containing ground kōkōwai (red ochre). Perforation drilled at one end.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Surface is ground with bruising down both sides. Butt has minor differentiation, sides have been reduced. Left side proper has been flaked away. Bevel is demarcated by faint curved line running from corner to corner. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded. Prominent sawing mark down left side proper.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground with heavy flaking on left side proper. Butt has been flaked away. Bevel is demarcated by faint line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Stone. Dark grey and black. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground with flaking scars on sides and edges. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Chipped along cutting edge, large chip on proper left side. Sticker on back "21". "Long Beach" written on front.

Bone - bird. Proximal end squared with perforation drilled both sides. Distal end broken. 8 notches left side, 7 right side. HD Skinner comments, notches may be ornamental and object a pendant.

Tattoo chisel, of comb variety. Possibly unfinished, with cutting edge complete but hafting end left unfinished. There is one deep and several shallow striations towards the hafting end that run latitudinally. At the cutting edge there are teeth. The teeth are incurved, being longer on the outside and shorter towards the middle. In the gaps between the teeth, there are a few specks of dirt.

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.

Complete shell pendant. Suspension hole and slightly tapered at the proximal end. Edges have been reduced. Concave profile. Naturally-occurring ridges on both sides.

Complete bone pendant, slightly curved with suspension hole at proximal end.

Pounamu/nephrite pendant, broken at each end. Dark grey and mid green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground smooth. Curved to a point at the distal end. Proximal end is squared off. Feather fracture crack runs from just below proximal head along ridge down 2/3 of length.

Mostly complete shell pendant. Broken suspension hole at the proximal end. Curved to a point at the distal end.

Broken one-piece fishhook, all remaining except head. Shank curves at head towards break. Two basal barbs, one beneath shank slightly chipped. Fishhook point is straight.

Tooth pendant, broken at the suspension hole.

Complete, curved fishhook point. It has upper, internal serrations to the tip and exterior serrations from the tip down until just before the base. There is a perforation at the base although the base is split up towards the tip and is partially hollow.

Complete one-piece fishhook, unfinished. Previously broken at upper and lower point, now fixed. Surface has modern markings showing how head and tip would have been finished. Knob at head.

Complete, straight fishhook point with two upper, internal barbs; one just below the other. It has lower, exterior basal notches.

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.

Broken bone comb, part of proximal end and proximal end of one tooth remaining. Proximal edge and remaining side edge have decorative notches.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb. It has lower, exterior basal notches. The base is a lot wider than the point.