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Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. There are two barbs.

Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. There are two barbs.

Complete bird spear point. There are four barbs, the top two and the last one are broken. Only the barb second from the bottom is complete.

Broken bird spear point, base remaining. There are two barbs.

Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. Three barbs remaining.

Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. There are three barbs, the lowest barb is broken.

Broken bird spear point, base remaining. Two barbs broken.

Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. There are three barbs.

complete Semi-circular, rectangle at butt, rectangular blade with butt slightly narrower than blade. polished blade, with heave flaking scarring on back and proper left, bruising on butt and proper right Major differentiation of butt. Front and sides flat, back rounded Bevel descends sharply from blade. Very slight curving, sharp cutting edge.

Broken straight fishhook point with base and shaft remaining. Small cracks present along edges.

Broken curved fishhook point with base and part of shaft remaining.

Inanga nephrite tautau, hockey stick type pendant. U shaped distal end sits above perforation drilled from both sides.

Mostly complete silcrete blade, termination missing. Light brown in colour. Unifacial retouch on proper right lateral margin on dorsal surface.

partial oval cross section, flatter on back than front. polished, very minimal bruising Bevel descends on a medium angle from blade. Slight curving, medium sharp cutting edge butt broken off

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid green and dark grey takiwai variety with cracks throughout. Proximal end is opaque and distal end is highly translucent. Surface is ground. Cross section is lenticular. Proximal end has a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Slightly curved to one side and tapered to a dull point at the distal end.

complete square cross-section slightly trapezoidal towards the cutting edge of the bevel, but is semi circular and smaller than the blade. Polished blade, consistent minor flake scarring marks, bruising on the butt section and back Major differentiation of butt. Steep slope from shoulder, trapezoidal semi round shape Bevel descends sharply from blade. Slightly curved, sharp cutting edge

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green inanga variety with high translucency at the distal end and chatoyant bands. Surface is polished. Proximal end edge is squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Distal end is tapered to a point.

Roughout Oval/Rectangular. Surface is flaked. Butt not present. Bevel not present. Cutting edge not present.

Cast of a patu. Painted mid brown. Previously broken at the handle and glued back together. Cross section is round at the handle and lenticular on the blade. Handle is relatively narrow and short, but broadens slightly at the butt. The blade is made of three bulb-like parts, separated by two deep indentations on each side edge.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, with a drilled, circular eye.