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Broken needle. Distal end is sharp. Broken at sawn, long eye near distal end.

Partially manufactured fishhook.

Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knobs on head of shank.

Broken fish gorge, one end broken off.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Burnt at each end. Rounded at one end and broken at the other. Groove running lengthwise down the centre on one side.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Burnt, with a flattened, smooth surface. Cut marks on one side.

Complete wooden barracouta shank, with metal nails through head and base. Large amount of reduction at head for line attachment. Perforation through base, small fragment of lower base not present.

Broken curved fishhook point, all remaining except tip.

Complete curved fishhook. Flat vertical base.

Complete curved fishhook point. Vertical, flat side of internal base with a notch on the external side.

Broken curved fishhook point, all but tip remaining.

Complete curved fish gorge, manufactured from hollow bone. Both ends sharpened.

Possible fishhook point, serrations on both sides.

Wooden flute; koauau. Charcoal evident inside flute and in two holes on top with surface crack in grain running between holes. Another hole on side at proximal end. Proximal end cut flush on outside of natural joint with distal end having an irregular face with missing surface chips. A deeper but rounded cut in the distal end may be remnant hole which has eroded out.

Complete pounamu adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and bruised. Major differentiation between the butt and blade; sides are reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is irregularly curved and sharp. "Papanui Inlet" inscription

Kete Whiri, a basket woven from an internal base whiri (braid). Woven with natural harakeke (flax) in takitahi pattern (over one, under one).One side longer than the other, creating a misshapen square in shape. Finished with a serrated top edge. Two miro (rolled) fibres have been threaded into the weaving to act as handles.

Piece of worked nephrite/pounamu, possibly a broken pendant. Mid green kahurangi variety with high translucency. Surface is ground smooth. Three projections remaining, two of which are broken at the ends and the other is rounded. Edges are curved and polished.

Complete bone pendant. Curved with a suspension hole at one end.

Broken bone comb, head remaining. Rounded at the proximal end. A carved head is projecting off one side edge; mouth and tongue indicated by incised marks. Evidence of 24 or 25 teeth, all broken at the base of the head.

Complete shell pendant with large suspension hole. Notches along the edges.