Whakarite kai

Broken slate knife with the blade remaining. The blade has usewear across it. Both the surfaces are ground. The margins are chipped.

Large stone anchor. Irregular cross-section, flattened on the back with a large, deep groove running around the middle of the punga. There are two short grooves running parallel to this on the back, while there is long parallel groove on the front. The surface of the punga is rough.

Broken slate knife, distal end remainig. Surface is ground on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp with a bevel on both sides. Cutting edge is curved.

Broken slate knife, proximal end remaining. Broken along cutting edge and chipped on one side. Surface is ground, with faint scratches. The haft is flat.

Broken slate knife, proximal end remaining. Knife is broken along lower cutting edge, though one side has a slight bevel is sharpened, possibly reworked. Haft end is flat. Surface is mostly ground, with some flaking towards haft end.

Complete slate knife. Surface is ground on both sides. Cutting edge is blunt and flat. Bevel present on both sides. Haft end is flat.

Complete stone sinker with eight deep lashing grooves around the perimeter.

Kete Whiri, a basket woven from an internal base whiri (braid). Woven with natural harakeke (flax) in takitahi pattern (over one, under one).One side longer than the other, creating a misshapen square in shape. Finished with a serrated top edge. Two miro (rolled) fibres have been threaded into the weaving to act as handles.

Complete sinker with deep quartered groove. Flattened on one end, the other end is smaller.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Broken sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Broken sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove