Whakarite kai

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with a deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Broken sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Broken sinker, missing one end, with shallow transverse lashing groove

Broken slate knife, distal portion remaining. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with bevel on both surfaces.

Broken argillite knife with that blade remaining. One half of the blade is sharp two ground bevels on either side. The other half of the blade is chipped. Both surfaces are ground.

Complete matarau (eel spear). Both ends of the shaft taper to a point. The matarau has seven tines, three each side of the shaft point. The two exterior tines extend approximately 25cm to reach the shaft, where the shaft has been notched to hold them. The proper right exterior tine has been notched six times near the base of the tine.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Mostly complete slate knife, lateral edges missing. Cutting edge is blunt. Both surfaces are smooth and bruised.