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Piece of pounamu/nephrite. Mid-green kawakawa variety. It is unclear what the function of the taoka is, whether a fishhook point, drill point, or a broken pendant. One end has a diagonal break across top. There is a kink almost half-way down the taoka, and then it tapers to a point at the other end.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki, kawakawa variety, dark green. Head tilted to the right with suspension hole at top centre, drilled from rear. Eyes incised, nose and mouth worn but tongue protrudes over lower lip. Arms with distinctive elbows and forearms with three fingered hands sitting on thighs. Legs folded together beneath body. Grooves on torso. Perforations at arms and legs. Rear side flattened from an original surface with some bruising/flaking at the head.

Two complete pounamu pendants, tied together with red cloth. One pendant is dark green, with a ground surface. Oval shape with a lenticular cross section. Indentation on one side edge of the distal end. Suspension hole at the proximal end, but difficult to determine more about it due to cloth. Other pendant is dark green, with a ground surface and a rectangular shape and cross section. Tapered to the proximal end, which has a suspension hole. Distal end is chipped on one side. Cloth is dark red with some light brown on edges. Frayed and tied in several knots.

Complete hei tiki. Dark green nephrite/kawakawa pounamu/South Westland. Small, made with metal tools. Head rests on right shoulder. Heart- shaped mouth; no eyebrows; nose indicated. Hour glass perforation in centre forehead. Right hand with three fingers and thumb rests on stomach. Left hand with three fingers rests on thigh. Pierced between upper arms/body and between legs/abdomen both sides. Base rounded with notch at point where feet meet. 3 toes indicated each foot.

Complete pendant. Takiwai pounamu. Straight with flattened oval cross section. Surface is ground and polished. Parallel sided with rounded distal end. Proximal end rounded and perforated - wide uneven sided hole.

Complete bone pendant. Curved with suspension hole on one end.

Complete curved bone pendant with suspension hole at the proximal end.

Complete ivory pendant, curved with suspension hole at proximal end.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant, tip of distal end broken off. Light green in colour. Suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from both sides. Wavy edges at the centre, tapering and curved to the distal end.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green in colour. Heart-shaped, modern design with a metal ring through the suspension hole, which has been drilled from both sides. Reduced at the centre of the proximal end.

Complete koropepe pendant, carved on both sides. Kawakawa variety of pounamu, mid-green in colour. Surface is ground. Body is curved in a spiral, with a perforation at the centre. Face at the proximal end, with a mouth indicated by a notch and eyes filled with red sealing wax. Suspension hole at the back of the head, drilled from both sides.

Piece of kawakawa pounamu in the process of being made into three pendants. Dark green with light green flecks and black inclusions. Surface is polished. Sawing marks along one side edge, curved and rounded on the other side edge. Two grooves running the length of the pendant on one side, outlining the partially-sawn pendants. Two suspension holes at the proximal end, each one drilled from both sides.