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Incomplete adze, blade and bevel end only. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground, bruised and flaked. There is a reduction in the stone on the front of the butt just before the broken edge. The bevel is made from flake scars and ends in a blunt irregular cutting edge. There is a partially removed piece of paper on the back that reads: "From Lake Wanak- given by Rukitap- - Port Molyneux" and another on the proper right side of the blade that reads: "Dr Hocken's Collection."

Complete bone needle, large. Distal end is sharp. There is a sawn, long eye at the proximal end. At the very proximal end, there is a notch, possibly from a broken eye.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, sides are bruised. Flaking on poll. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete adze. Basalt. Black. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is ground with flaking on sides and butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Poll angles down from proper left to proper right. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Port Molyneux written on front.

Broken curved fishhook point, lower remaining. Notches becoming serrations on external side.

Broken fishhook tab.

Complete adze. Plano-convex cross-section with the front flattened. The surface is bruised and flaked. There is a reduction in the stone on the sides of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade, and the cutting edge is curved and chipped.

Complete adze. Oval cross-section at butt, quadrangular at the bevel end. The surface is mostly ground with bruising on the sides and butt. There is a chip on the poll. The butt is differentiated from the blade by a curved line of bruising, and there is a reduction in the sides of the front of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade but demarcated on the sides by oblique ridges. The cutting edge is chipped. There is a piece of paper adhered to the front of the blade that reads: "Otekura near Port Molyneux"

Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. Internal barb.

Mostly complete straight fishhook point. Weather. Barb broken off.

Incomplete adze, bevel end only. Lenticular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked with some ground areas. The bevel is small and demarcated by a curved line and bruising on the proper right. There is a small piece of paper stuck on the front of the blade with "1."? written on it.