Taoka whakarākei

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Mainly kawakawa variety but also touch of totoweka at proximal end. Medium green with black inclusions, orange-brown at proximal edge and light brown at distal end. Surface is ground. Cross section is rectangular. Suspension hole drilled from both ends at the proximal end. Distal end is slightly oblique with rounded sides.

Bone - bird. Proximal end squared with perforation drilled both sides. Distal end broken. 8 notches left side, 7 right side. HD Skinner comments, notches may be ornamental and object a pendant.

Shark tooth pendant with suspension hole at root. Red sealing wax on root, some of which has chipped away.

Plaster cast of a rounded slate knife or pendant. Cast has been broken in two pieces and glued back together. Perforated in the centre of the proximal end, with a curved koru carving on either side of the perforation.

Tattoo chisel, of comb variety. Possibly unfinished, with cutting edge complete but hafting end left unfinished. There is one deep and several shallow striations towards the hafting end that run latitudinally. At the cutting edge there are teeth. The teeth are incurved, being longer on the outside and shorter towards the middle. In the gaps between the teeth, there are a few specks of dirt.

Dark red argillite implement, use unknown. Possibly a pendant, spear head, or other weapon. Surface is ground smooth with chipping at each end. Proximal end has been squared off with five or six notches down both side edges. Curves outward at shoulders and then sides taper toward the distal end. Two barb-like projections on each side (one broken off on one side). Blade is bevelled down the centre on one side.

Complete mid-green pounamu pendant. Off-centre suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end. Straight and both the proximal and distal edges are rounded.

Complete unfinished greenstone adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with small flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular oblique line. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped. There is a shallow hole bored into the butt on the back.

Pounamu pendant. Mid-green with black inclusions. Surface is ground. Broken suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end. Tapering to a point at the distal end.

Broken pounamu pendant. Dark green and silver, high translucency. Oval cross section. Surface is ground and polished, except at the proximal end, which has been crudely cut and reworked on both side edges. Small drill marks at the proximal edge indicating a broken out suspension hole. Tapers to a point at the distal end.

Complete bone pendant, straight with suspension hole at proximal end.

Circular shell pendant with suspension hole in the centre. White iridescent colour. Concave profile.