Whakarite kai

Broken slate knife, distal end remaining. Surface is ground on one side and bruised on the other. Cutting edge is sharp but chipped, with a bevel demarcated by a change in surface.

Complete hue (gourd container or calabash). Mid brown and mid orange. Very elongated, slightly curved at the base and tapering toward the neck. Top edge is broken and irregular. Two straight perforations drilled on either side of the neck.

Complete patu aruhe (fern root beater). There is a ridge running from neck towards beater but running out and flattening out towards end of head. There is a shoulder between beater end and handle. There are two significant splits on handle, on opposite sides. There are several smaller splits on sides of beater end. Surface is covered in small cracks, possibly burnt.

Broken slate knife is a section of the haft missing. The blade is blunt with a faint bevel on one side. One side of the knife is bruised while the other is ground. There are minor retouching on the lateral margins.

Broken schist knife, no discernable cutting edge. Surface is flaked on both sides.

Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with bevel on both surfaces. Haft end is flat. Broken in two pieces and gluded back together.

Broken slate knife, one lateral margin remaining. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is mostly ground with some bruising on both sides. Usewear is present at blade and across surface. Haft is sawn flat.

Mostly complete slate knife, chip missing from cutting edge. Cutting edge is blunt at distal end and sharp at one lateral margin. Surface is ground on one side and bruised on the other side. Some flaking is present at haft and one side of cutting edge.

Mostly complete rock knife, large chip missing from cutting edge. Cutting edge is blunt and chipped. Surface is ground on one side and bruised on the other side. Usewear is present on cutting edge.

Complete wooden patu aruhe (beater for preparing fern root). Possibly kowhai, plain triangular shaped head (irregularly rounded) with bruised front face ridge. Ridge at rear which tapers down to a round handle. A small burn site at butt end of handle which is also irregularly rounded.

Wooden patu aruhe (beater for preparing fern root), possibly kowhai. Narrow blade, ending in curved edge. Cross-section is oval. Blade tapers slightly to handle. Handle ends with a rounded knob.

Broken knife. Surface is grounded on one side, and grounded and bruised on the other. Cutting edge is not present. Haft end is curved. Bevel on one side of the haft the haft and lateral margins.