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Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion missing. White and light orange in colour. Flake scars present on ventral surface. Unifacial retouch present on one lateral margin on dorsal side.

Split silcrete blade, missing left lateral margin. Light brown and light orange in colour. Unifacial retouch present on right lateral margin on dorsal side.

Broken silcrete blade, missing proximal portion. Bifacial retouch present on one lateral margin, and unifacial retouch present on other lateral margin on dorsal side. Cortex present on dorsal side at proximal end.

Piece of worked pounamu, use unknown. Burnt, silver, light grey, light green in colour. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross section is rectangular. Tapers toward the proximal end, with a sawing mark and a projection on one side edge. Sawing marks along both side edges toward the distal end.

Rectangular slab of worked bone with a curved, bevelled edge. Surface around the edge is smooth with polishing marks evident.

Partially manufactured hook

Partially finished shank fragment.

Tooth pendant. Three broken suspension holes at the root. Single drilled hole in the centre. Back side has been reduced into a convex cross-section.

Drilled fishhook tab

Drilled fishhook tab

Argillite, broken stone minnow shank, perforation drilled from both sides broken out at proximal end. Arrow points on opposite edges one ahead of the other leading to pointed distal end. Chatoyant darker green streaks running in bands amongst lighter green., Broken minnow lure, with head remaining. Cross-section is triangular, with flattened base and two perforated holes at apex of head. Shoulders are raised slightly.

Complete adze Cross-section of butt is circular, cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between and butt and blade. Front heavily reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge

Broken adze (butt remaining) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of back is ground. Sides and front are bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade. Blade not present.

Stone flake. Black with light grey cortex on one side. Dorsal surface has unifacial retouch.

Broken curved fishhook point, with tip remaining and base not present.

Broken curved fishhook point, neither tip nor base present.

Piece of worked wood. Roughly rectangular in shape and cross-section. One side is worked smooth and flat.

Partially manufactured hook.

Broken one-piece fishhook, with incurved point and point remaining. There is an external barb toward the base.

Complete adze. Cross-section of butt is circular, cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade - demarcated by ridge, and reducing on front on butt. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.