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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.

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.

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.

Broken schist knife, half of blade remaining. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. Surface is ground with some flaking evident.

Complete schist knife. Blade surface is ground on one side. Bevel on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Complete slate knife. Surface is ground on one side and flaked on the other side and on the lateral margins. Cutting edge is blunt with a bevel on one side. Haft end is flat.

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

Comeplete slate knife. Surface is ground on both surfaces, with flaking. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved with flaking and use wear. Haft end is flat