Whakarite kai

Complete tatā (canoe bailer). Mid brown wood. Surface is smooth but cracked, with four repairs with wire on the scoop and a large chip missing from the centre of the pouring edge. Handle is curved and projects over the scoop with a manaia on the butt. A piece apparently connected the head of the manaia to the bailer floor, but has been sawn away. Proximal end is carved with two manaia, bodies carved in a rauponga (ridge and notch) pattern. The rim above the manaia is carved with a rauponga on one side and a koru on the other side.

Complete tatā (canoe bailer). Elongated and narrow, made from mid brown rimu with a dark red stain. Handle formed in two curved pieces, joining together at a face carving on the butt. Proximal end of the scoop has a pakura design around the exterior surface of the rim. Horizontal grooves on the exterior bottom of the proximal end of the scoop. The interior surface and distal end of the exterior surface of the scoop are smooth and undecorated. The interior of the scoop has a ridge at about the midpoint, tapering to the pouring lip.

A model of a hoe (waka paddle). Dark brown wood. Handle is worked smooth with a knob on the butt and an oval cross-section. Blade of the paddle is diamond-shaped with a half-circular cross-section. Blade is carved with a rauponga (ridges and notches) pattern on one side and a koru pattern on the other side.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Fragment of a slate knife. No discernable edges. Surface is grounded on both sides.

Broken slate knife, distal end remaining. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken slate knife, distal end remaining. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow diagonal lashing groove.

Broken sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Broken sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.