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Broken knife. Surface is grounded on one side, and grounded and bruised on the other. Cutting edge is not present. Haft end is curved. Bevel on one side of the haft the haft and lateral margins.

Complete patu aruhe (fern root beater). Cracks extend from shoulder to blade edge on both sides. Burnt mark on front and on butt of handle. Chip out of front right side of blade. Rounded head with lenticular cross-section. Long smooth handle with round cross-section.

Broken red argillite knife, distal portion remaining. Surface is grounded on one side and bruised and flaked on the other. Cutting edge is sharp and flat.

Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on both sides, with flake scar on one surface. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with chipping on one lateral margin. Haft is flat.

Brown Kete Muka possibly dyed using tanekaha bark and a white ash mordant. Short fringe, made with double pair twining, attached to side edges and base on front and back. Warps held together with double pair twining. Patterned in regular manner. Alternate rows of cross stitch (based on eight warp unit) and alternate verticle stripes natural and brown. No handles.

Large broken pounamu cutting tool, most of blade remaining. Surface is ground. Two pieces of the haft have broken off; one piece has been glued back on. There is a perforation, drilled from both sides, on one end of the haft. The cutting edge is curved and blunt, with a bevel on each side.

Broken slate knife, haft and one lateral margin remaining. Small section of cutting edge is present which is sharp. Surface is ground on both sides, although there is some flaking around the edges.

Broken slate knife that has a section of the haft remaining. Surface is ground on one side and bruised and flaked on the other side.

Complete flax kete with plaited handle. Woven in a twilled over-one, under-one pattern with unscraped flax. Natural mid-yellow colour with some mid-red and mid-brown in handle. Internal base commencement; cast off with internal horizontal plait. Top edge serrated in large triangular shape. Patterned at the base with three horizontal double rows of holes, created by changing the direction of individual flax strands.

Broken schist knife, distal portion remaining. Surface is grounded on both sides, with some bruising on both surfaces. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Broken schist knife. No discernable cutting edge. Surface is flaked on both sides. Drill perforation at proximal end.

Complete hue (gourd container or calabash). Dark brown in colour. Large, with a bulbous base (slightly flattened on the bottom) and a narrow neck. Stem attached at the top of the neck. Large circular perforation on one side of the neck. Several cracks throughout the surface.