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Complete bone pendant. Suspension hole at proximal end. Kinked at mid-shaft and foot-shaped distal end.

Ivory or tusk pendant, broken with heavy wear at the distal end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and a perforation at the base. It has a long notch on the external side of the base.

Dog tooth pendant

Complete fish gorge. Surface is polished. Tapered to a dull point at each end.

Complete bone pendant. Curved on either side of the proximal end and coming to a point above the suspension hole. Rounded body. Leg-like protrusions and drill holes on either side of the distal end.

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.

Complete tattoo chisel. There is a notch on either side of the hafting end. Visible repair where previously broken, chipped on either side along break, Cutting edge is straight and sharp, with longitudinal striations along lower portion to cutting edge. Lower portion is darkened, possibly from tattoo pigment.

Complete tattoo chisel. One notch on either side of hafting end. Cutting edge is sharp and straight. Longitudinal striations along lower portion to cutting edge.

Complete tattoo chisel. There is a notch on either side of the hafting end. The poll end of this chisel is straight and sharp. The cutting edge is curved and sharp, with longitudinal striations along lower portion to cutting edge.

Broken, straight fishhook point with the tip and upper point remaining. It has an upper, internal barb and an external barb just below the internal one. Both sides are serrated above the barbs to the tip. The external side has notches just above where it is broken. The back side of the tip is broken off.

Broken bone pendant, distal end remaining. Curved and coming to a point.

Tooth pendant with broken suspension hole at the root. Flattened distal end.

Complete one-piece fishhook. The shank has an upper, internal notch and the head has external notches.

Broken shank, upper remaining. Single notch on upper external side, with serrations before the break at lower end.

Complete curved shank. Notch on external upper end, with shallow serrations becoming notches towards base. Made from an animal tooth, section along internal curve showing hollowness.

Complete curved shank, single notch on upper external side, with two notches on the lower external side.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and a perforation at the base. It has a lower, external notch and a second external notch just slightly higher. Above the higher notch the point is serrated to the tip.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches. The internal side is serrated from the barb to the tip and the external side is serrated from the notches to the tip.