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Fishhook point is complete. Fishhook point is straight, with serration along the interior edge and interior barb. It has one rounded interior notch at the base.

Fishhook point is mostly complete; broken at base corner. Fishhook point is curved inwards at tip, and serrated along the exterior edge.

Complete sinker with three shallow parallel lashing grooves and one shallow lashing groove around the perimeter.

Large complete seal tooth.

Broken one-piece fishhook, section of shank remaining.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Notches on internal and external side of base.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Large base, with hook coming out at wide angle. Notched on internal and external sides of base. Tip of point broken.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Extremely large base, with two perforations through base. Tip of point not present.

Awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is pointed. Large fragment missing from proximal end.

Broken Silcrete blade. The medial portion is present. Grey and white in colour. Bifacial retouch on both ventral and dorsal sides.

Complete silcrete blade. Dark brown in colour. There is a lot of chipping towards the proximal end of the blade. Medial side has slight unifacial retouch.

Possible adze roughout. Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is flaked. It is unclear which side is the front, and which end is the butt.

Roughout. Stone. Dark grey and light grey. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is flaked, one side extremely smooth.

Complete rough-out. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Broken adze, bevel and cutting edge missing. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground on the blade with bruising on the butt and edges. The butt is made distinct from the blade on both sides of the blade by a line of bruising. There is a slight reduction in the stone on the sides of the butt. The bevel is broken off in large flakes. There are several areas of a dried shiny liquid on the blade and butt.

Complete adze. Stone. Black and light grey. Cross-section of blade is semi-circular, with front flattened. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface of blade is mostly ground with some bruising. Surface of butt is bruised, with some flaking, particularly on back. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced, but more heavily reduced on the proper right side, forming shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Hinahina written on front.

Broken adze (upper butt remaining). Stone. Dark grey, light grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised. Hinahina written on front and broken edge.

Broken adze (portion of blade). Stone. Dark grey and light grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some light bruising, few flake scars. Butt, bevel and cutting edge not present. Hinahina written twice on front.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete bone point. Cutting mark visible at one end, the other end is sharpened into a fine point.