He kura

Incomplete pounamu/nephrite pendant, in the process of being reworked from an adze. Light blue and light green colour with light brown flaw on proper right side. Surface is ground smooth. Cross section is lenticular at the butt and rectangular at the blade. Incomplete perforation drilled from the back side of the butt, with two other drill marks on the poll. Proper left side is flattened and proper right side is flattened on the blade with a sharper edge on the butt, tapering toward the poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Notch on the cutting edge, somewhat flattened on the left side.

Complete ivory pendant curved to a point at distal end with a suspension hole at proximal end.

Complete shark tooth pendant. Sides of the root have been squared off with a suspension hole. Natural serrations along the tooth to the tip.

Complete bone pendant. Kinked with a suspension hole at proximal end and slightly curved to a point at distal end.

Complete pounamu hei matau pendant. Light green, silver, and black. Surface is ground smooth. Suspension hole at the head, mostly drilled from one side. There is a barb-like projection on the external side of the head. Point has a rounded, double-sided tip, one side curves inward and the other ends with an external notch.

Complete pounamu hei matau pendant. Cream and light brown with a pale green tint. Surface is ground smooth. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the internal side of the head. There is an internal notch and an external knob at the head. A crack runs vertically along from mid-shank to the base, with a grey discolouration that may indicated it has been stabilised with some material. There is an indentation on one side of the base of the point. The point curves into a rounded, double-barbed tip. A piece of one side of the point has broken off.

Broken pounamu/nephrite pendant, large piece missing from one side of the distal end. Has been burnt to a cream/white colour on the distal end; light green and grey on the proximal end. Surface has been ground, but has feather fractures on distal end and across the centre. One side edge is straight and the other is slightly curved. Proximal end is tapered, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides, slightly off-centre due to one side edge being at an angle. Distal edge is rounded and chipped.

Unfinished pounamu/nephrite pendant. Has been burnt white, silver, and light grey. Rectangular cross section. Surface is ground, but has cracked and flaked off in some places. Tapered to a point at the proximal end, with an incomplete suspension hole. Side edges are straight. Distal end is squared off, with a bevel on one side demarcated by a line.

Broken bone comb, portion of head broken off as well as five of ten teeth. Remaining teeth are also broken in various places and glued back together. One side edge of the head has a facial carving depicted by two oblong perforations, a rounded projection, and incised marks, including an eye.

Nephrite/pounamu pendant. Oxidized cream and light brown colour. Surface is ground smooth. Proximal end has a notched projection with a broken out suspension hole. One side edge of the projection has another drill mark, possibly indicating a second broken suspension hole. Curves and tapers to a dull point at the distal end.

Unfinished pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety, chatoyant and highly translucent. Sides are ground smooth but some edges are broken and chipped. Suspension hole at the proximal end, nearly broken out. Cutting mark running from just below suspension hole to distal end. Distal end juts to one side at an angle. Inside curve of angle is worked on the side edge.

Complete bone pin or pendant. Rounded at the proximal end and pointed at the distal end. No perforation.