Taoka whakarākei

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green and black kawakawa variety. Surface is ground on front and back. Edges are flattened and ground and bruised. Squared across proximal end, shoulders and sides rounded and tapering to distal end. Fairly straight perforation drilled from both sides in centre of proximal end, flared entry points.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green, light brown, and black kawakawa variety. Oval-shaped with flattened, ground sides and edges. Off-centre perforation drilled both sides of proximal end.

Complete dark green pounamu pendant. Surface is ground. Tapers to a suspension knob at the proximal end, with a groove around the base of the knob. Straight and flattened on one side edge. Distal end is a very oblique curve. One side has a large triangular bevel demarcated by a line

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and black. Ground smooth. Suspension knob at the proximal end. Five projections, two on each side edge and one at the distal end. Side projections have three or four notches each. Side edges are smooth and concave between the projections.

Complete ivory pendant. Curved with suspension hole at proximal end.

Broken ivory pendant, proximal end remaining. Kinked with a broken suspension hole.

Complete pounamu pendant. Cream and light grey with a ground, oxidised surface. Suspension hole at the proximal end, mostly drilled from one side, with a notched reduction over the hold. Proximal edge has two projections, representing a beak. Curved projection on one side edge with corresponding indentation on the other side edge. Curved and tapered to a dull point at the distal end. Edges are smoothed.

Shark tooth pendant, broken at the root. Natural serrations along sides of tooth to tip.

Broken pendant. Cross-section is rectangular. The surface is ground on front, bruised on back. The sides of the proximal end are oblique, meeting at the proximal tip, that is flattened. There is a large perforation at this end. The distal end is blunt and curved, heavily chipped.

Complete pounamu pendant in bird form. Dark green with dark grey and silver chatoyant bands. Surface is ground smooth on one side, with a sawing mark running the length of the pendant, and the other side is bruised. Pendant has previously been broken in two pieces near the centre and glued back together. Proximal end is in the shape of a bird head, with a rounded top, a beak-like projection on one side edge, and a suspension hole (drilled from both sides) representing the bird eye. Pendant curves out at the stomach with a corresponding inward curve at the back. Distal ends curves and tapers to one side, representing tail feathers.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green, light blue, and silver inanga variety. Surface is ground. Tear-drop shape with a lenticular cross section. Proximal end is tapered, reduced on one side, with a squared off edge, and a suspension hole drilled from each side.

Complete kawakawa pendant. Rough adze shape, potentially roughout of a hei tiki. Surface ground. Suspension hole drilled at proximal end. The suspension hole is drilled diagonally up from the front to back. There is minor differentation between poll and blade, with the sides reduced. The proper left lateral margin has been asymmetrically reduced towards the poll. The back has a bevel continuous with the blade. The cutting edge has a steep concave wearing.