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Fishhook tab, partially manufactured one-piece fishhook. Shaping around side to form head of shank. Drills marks through centre.

Broken fishhook tab, partially manufactured fishhook. Centre piece and partial fragment of external remaining.

Broken fishhook tab.

Broken sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Broken adze (upper blade to lower butt remaining). Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground with some flaking. Front reduced and sides taper. Lower blade broken off. Pounawea written on front.

Complete porcellanite blade. Dark brown in colour. Weathering on the dorsal surface at the distal end.

Broken blade. Black in colour. Medial portion present. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.

Split argillite blade. Right lateral margin remaining.

Broken blade. Grey in colour. Proximal portion present. Cortex present on striking platform. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.

Broken porcellanite blade, medial portion still remains. There is a large chip at the proximal end of the object. There is bifacial retouching. Black in colour.

Broken silcrete blade, median portion still remaining. Dark grey, light green in colour.

Broken and split blade with left lateral margin and proximal portion remaining. Black in colour. Bifacial retouch on one lateral margin.

Broken shank fragment, small section remaining, with striations on surface. Cross-section is rectangular.

Broken adze (Blade remaining). Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground. Butt is not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Patu paraoa is incomplete with handle and butt missing. One side (underside) has exposed and distinct cancellous bone. The opposite side has vertical cracks, cut marks (on an angle) and chipping present over the surface of the blade. Chipping also present around the blades point edge.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface on the front is ground. There is a patch of bruising on the lower proper-right side. Surface is ground on the back. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, chipped.

Partially manufactured fishhook.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, mid green. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Cross-section of butt is rectangular. Surface is ground, some flaking on butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. South Otago. written on front.