Taoka whakarākei

Complete bone pendant resembling a fishhook point. Curved with a suspension hole. Sides are barbed and serrated.

Complete bone pendant. Slightly curved and coming to a point at the distal end. One side of the distal end is reduced and has an incised mark. Proximal end is rounded with a notch on one side and a suspension hole drilled from both sides.

Complete pendant in adze shape. Surface is mostly smooth, with flaking around the proximal end. Cross-section is rectangular. At the proximal end there is a perforation. There is no shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade. The cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete pendant in triangular shape, tapering towards the suspension hole, a small part of which has broken off.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground with some bruising. J-shaped, tapering to a curved point at the distal end.

Broken bone pendant, broken at one end. Curved with a suspension hole at one end. Some pink discoloration on the surface and glue residue.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Green, silver, and black kawakawa variety. Surface is ground. Tapers toward the proximal end, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides in the centre. Distal edge is oblique and chipped at one side and ground flat at the other side. Pendant has possibly been reworked from a chisel.

Broken or unfinished soapstone pendant, broken at the proximal end. Human leg form. Light brown and mid-brown. Buttocks, knee, and foot indicated by projections and corresponding indentations on side edges.

Complete straight pounamu pendant. Mid-green with light brown chatoyant bands. Surface is ground. Cross section is square. Proximal end has a squared off projection, with a suspension hole drilled from one side. A sawing mark runs from below the suspension hole to one side, about halfway down. Distal end is slightly oblique, with a bevel demarcated by a line on one side, indicating that pendant may have been reworked from a chisel.

Complete pounamu pendant. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at both ends and a large flake at the back. The proper right has sawing marks down the whole length of the pendant. The proper left has light sawing marks. Both ends are chipped.

Broken comb made from a split bone, previously broken in several pieces and glued back together and two of five teeth have broken off. Head is squared off, with decorative notches on the proximal edge and down both sides. Remaining three teeth are tapered to sharp points at the distal end.

Broken bone comb, proper right portion of head and two teeth remaining. Right side tooth is complete and the other is broken near the head. Head is squared off, with sawing marks on the proximal edge. Sawing and polishing marks visible on the front of the head, particularly where the head meets the teeth. Remaining tooth comes to a point at the distal end.