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Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete curved fishhook point. Two notches near base; slightly in curved point.

Mostly complete straight fishhook point. Tip missing. Two notches near base on outside.

Bone curved fishhook point. Lower remaining. Tip broken off.

Dark green pounamu hei tiki made using lapidary machinery. Suspension hole at forehead. Head turned towards left with intricate and well-defined facial features. Arms resting on thighs. Legs curved at underneath body. Perforations at arms and legs. Back flat. Front surface highly polished.

Complete pounamu pendant with a red cord necklace attached. Dark green tangiwai variety, highly translucent. Surface is ground smooth. Straight with rounded edges. Tapering toward the proximal end, which has an off-centre suspension hole. Distal end is curved with a slight bevel-like reduction on one side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, mid brown, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Back of adze is concave. Surface is ground, with some flaking on back edges and on poll, some bruising on bevel. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll and front slopes down towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip missing from proper right side of cutting edge. Cutting edge is narrower than widest point of blade.

Complete adze. Light grey stone. Surface is ground. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with the back narrower than the front. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides are tapered towards the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but flaked, particularly on the proper left side. "Black Jack's PT" and "Ravensbourne" inscriptions.

Complete kahu kiwi. The whole garment is woven in whatu aho rua (two-pair weft-twining). On each edge there are three black dye whenu, the last whenu along the very edges is made with 2 strands, one black one natural twisted together, this extends out the top edge as a tie. The kurupatu (collar) is braided whenu, with a fringe on the front side. There is densely woven kiwi feather all over the cloak attached by colour, grouped in waves of brown to white. Along the bottom edge there is green and pink wool stitch. At the top there are two natural coloured ties that are poked through the fabric and knotted, approximately 25cm from either edges.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Stone. Light grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, some bruising on back and flaking on front. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, and cutting is sharp and curved, lightly chipped on proper left. "Wakari" written on front.

Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with serrations along one side and along barb.

Broken one-piece fishhook, shank remaining. Knobs at head. External serrations.

Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with notches at base. Small part of barb is not present.

Complete wahaika rakau. It has a perforation that is rectangular and has been chipped out. It has whakairo on both sides and the top of the head, and also on both sides of the body. It has a carved human figure below the handle with shell inlays for eyes. It is well polished.

Stone patu, black colouration, hole at handle end with 2-ply twisted twine tied through as a handle. Five incised lines at end of handle. Complete patu onewa, with drill perforation and fibre cord tau. Curved reke on the butt. Minor chipping on edge of blade on both sides. Blade smooth and highly polished.

Broken bird spear point, missing base. Has zero barbs. Small serrations on one side. Cracks and black substance on one side.

Complete kahu huruhuru (fowl and kiwi feather cloak). There are kiwi feathers along the borders mixed with fowl feathers. There are reddish fowl feathers and white fowl feathers with iridescent black fowl feathers tags that form vertical parallel lines. Along the bottom edges there is black and natural twine fringing. The top of the cloak is worked in a thick multi-strand braid with two ties approximately 25cm from the edges. The cloak is wider at the top, narrowing towards the lower edge.

Complete tatā (canoe bailer) made of a split whalebone. Large bulbous end made from the epiphysis of the bone, tapering to a straight, open pouring edge. Exterior side of the epiphysis has a mouth and protruding tongue carving and decorative geometric patterns. Handle curved over the top, with a human face (spiral eyes, nose, lips and tongue) indicated at the end. Surface has been polished on one side, and is burnt on the epiphysis and on the handle. Holes at the epiphysis. Has previously been broken and repaired at the pouring edge. Identified as a fake, not of authentic Māori origin.