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Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Mid green and silver. Surface is ground with some flaking. Tapered at both ends. Proximal end has a suspension hole drilled from both sides (slightly skewed) and sides are slightly squared off. Distal end is rounded with a curved bevel on one side, possibly indicating that this may have been made from a chisel.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark blue-grey, inanga variety. Surface has been ground smooth. Rectangular cross section. Each end has a bevel demarcated by a line, indicating that this piece may have been reworked from a chisel. Proximal end has a very small off-centre suspension hole drilled from each side. Distal edge is chipped and oblique.

Piece of worked pounamu/nephrite, mid-green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground, flaked on some edges. One large projection at one end and three smaller projections at the other end. Ref "Comparatively Speaking" p63 (4.68)

Worked pounamu. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with bruising on each side. The stone is convex, with the sides ground to straightness.

Broken, curved fishhook point with the base and lower point remaining. It has a lower, external barb and a reduction down the base.

Fragment of a patu onewa, part of handle and proximal part of the blade remaining. Broken at the butt, with evidence of a perforation remaining.

Complete, curved fishhook point.

Fragment of partially manufactured flute. Remaining end is finished with a perforation. There are two more drill marks along the top, one very faint, and another just at the broken edge. There are cutting marks around the flute just before the broken end, possibly to be reworked into another object. Cracked.

Partially manufactured flute. Finished at one end, with a drilled perforation. The other end is broken.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. One end is finished and the other is broken. There are striations around the finished end.

Piece of hollow bone, previously broken in four pieces and glued back together. Worked to a point at one end.

Piece of hollow bone, broken at one end and worked to a blunt point at the other end. Surface is weathered.

Piece of hollow worked bone. Part of the epiphysis remaining at one end with a perforation. Other end is broken and worked to a point.

Piece of worked bone, broken in half and at one end. Worked to a sharp, flattened point at one end.

Piece of solid bone, broken at one end and worked to a dull point at the other end.

Piece of hollow worked bone, broken at each end. One end is worked to a dull point.

Complete awl. Epiphysis remaining on the proximal end.

Broken awl, shaft and one pointed end remaining. Broken at other end.

Complete, curved fishhook point.

Broken, curved fishhook point with the point remaining.