Whakarite kai

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove and bruising at both ends.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove and bruising at both ends.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Mostly complete pounamu knife, one lateral margin missing. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Both surfaces are ground and bruised.

Complete pounamu knife. Cutting edge is shap and chipped. Both sides are ground, one has a flake scar.

Complete slate knife. Cutting edge is sharp. Both surfaces are ground, with one side having slight bruising. Haft is bruised. Bevel present on both sides.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete one-piece iron bait hook with wrapped line. The hook has three notches at the bend of the tip. The tip comes to a blunt point. The head of the lure is wrapped in cord. The cord is 35cm long. The top 9cm are woven into a loop.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

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.