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Complete pounamu pendant. Light green inanga variety. Surface is ground. Oval cross section. Suspension hole drilled from both sides and a notch at proximal end. Pendant tapers and curves slightly to one side at the distal end.

Complete pendant made from a seal tooth. Suspension hole at root end.

Broken bone comb, three of six teeth broken off. Proximal edge is rounded with a large chip missing off of one side. Surface is smooth with polishing marks evident.

Cast of a whale tooth pendant. Curved to a point at the front distal end. Serrated projections running down both side edges. Facial projection at the front centre at the proximal end with large eyes and a long pointy mouth that curves inward. Curved projections run down the centre below the facial feature. Proximal end is squared off, with a small suspension hole.

Complete rei puta (pendant made from whale ivory). Surface is weathered and possibly water-rolled. Proximal edge has a worn chip in the centre, presumably where the perforation for suspension was. Sides taper to a rounded point at the distal end. Face carving with forehead, eyes, nose, and mouth depicted on the front of the distal end.

Broken worked piece of black slate, possibly a pendant with the distal end remaining. Tapers to a point at one end.

Complete shark's tooth pendant.Two suspension holes at the root, one broken and one complete. Naturally-occurring serrations from the gum line to the tip.

Chevroned whale tooth pendant. Previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Most of the surface is smoothed and polished. Curved to a blunt point at the front distal end. Proximal end is squared off with a suspension hole in the centre. Longitudinal ridge running down the front centre consisting of small curved projections, connected by a continuous serrated edge (only a small portion of which is still intact near the distal end). Broken curved projections running down both side edges.

Complete rei puta (pendant made of whale ivory). Surface has been worked smooth. Perforation at the proximal end, drilled from both sides. Natural indentation from root cavity on the back side. Rounded at the proximal end and tapered to a point at the distal end. Front distal end has carved facial features, with brow ridges and eyes indicated. Small drill mark represents nose and three others indicate mouth, but distal edge has chipped off.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green and silver auhuka variety, Te Koroka source with high translucency. Surface is ground smooth. Proximal end is tapered, with a small suspension hole drilled from both sides, chipped and nearly broken out and with scarf marks evident on both sides. One side edge is straight, with a bevel and a sawing mark while the other side edge is more curved; squares off slightly at the distal end. Incomplete drill mark on one side, near the edge with a sawing mark.

Broken bone pendant, upper half remaining. Straight with suspension hole at proximal end. Pink discoloration on surface.

Complete bone pendant with suspension hole at proximal end and slightly curved to a point at the distal end.