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Complete bone point, distal end is sharp.

Complete bone point, distal end is sharp.

Complete bone point, distal and proximal ends are sharp.

Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.

Mostly complete silcrete blade, termination point not present. White in colour.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Asymmetrical. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is sharp, uneven, chipped and slightly rounded.

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.

Complete, curved fishhook point.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, exterior notches. It has a lower notch across the face of the base.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Surface is ground with heavy bruising. Butt has major differentiation; sides have been reduced and shoulder raised. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is straight, angled and blunt.

Complete, curved fishhook point with an upper, internal barb that is serrated to the top of the tip. There are also serrations on the exterior side from the tip down until three quarters down where there are three lower notches. There is a perforation at the base.

Complete paua shell tiki eye. A perforation hole ahs been drilled through the centre of the shell and there are notches around the exterior edge.

Broken shell pendant, distal end not present. Tapering toward a knob at the proximal end.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Trapezoidal with front narrower than back. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel has been flaked away. Cutting edge is blunt, rough and heavily chipped.

Complete adze Oval. Surface is bruised Butt has major differentiation, sides have been reduced and shoulders slightly raised. Bevel is demarcated by a very faint line. Cutting edge is blunt, rough and very slightly rounded.

Complete rough-out. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly flaked, some areas on back are ground. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

A piece of worked wood, use unclear. Surface is dessicated, cracked, and flaking. Cross section is lenticular. Sawn at one end; reduced on one side at that end. The other end is slightly tapered.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Quadrangular. Surface is bruised with some minor flaking on edges Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line and tapers sharply down to cutting edge. Cutting edge is straight, blunt and chipped.

Obsidian core. Cortex visible on the top, along with ripples and radial fissures from strikes on the proper right. The proper right side has a flat edge.

Broken shank, broken at base, possibly of one-piece fishhook. Internal and external knobs on head. Previously broken in two pieces at mid-shank, repair visible. Broken shank with most remaining except base. Break in middle glued back together.