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Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete wooden patu aruhe (beater for preparing fern root). Spatula shaped blade with parallel sides and a lenticular cross-section. The distal end is rounded. There is a distinct shoulder between the upper blade and the handle. The handle is circular in cross-section with knob on proximal end. There is a build-up of dirt on both sides of the blades. There are several hair cracks on surface.

Complete fan shell pendant with suspension hole.

Complete, straight fishhook point with one lower, internal barb and one upper, internal barb. There is a external barb a third of the way down the point. It has external, lower notches.

Complete, curved fishhook point with an internal barb in the middle of point and lower, external notches.

Complete bird spear point. There are five barbs, four on one side with one barb on the opposite side. The base of the bird spear point is serrated on both sides.

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

Broken flute, one end remaining. There is one small perforation near the end, with a larger partial perforation on the opposite side. There are darkened striations across the surface, in a triangular pattern on one side, and diagonal lines on the other. Inside of flute stuffed with tissue.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Rod-shaped and slightly wider at one end. Broken at each end; some splintered pieces have been glued back on. Surface is worked smooth.