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Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove and bruising at both ends.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete pounamu hei matau pendant. Mid-green with light brown and light green inclusions. Surface is ground. Head has one complete suspension hole, drilled mostly from one side, and one incomplete suspension hole, broken at the proximal end. There is an external knob at the head. The point is rounded and double-sided, with an incurved tip on one side edge and a knob on the external side edge.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Light green and silver inaka variety, burnt black around edge. Surface is ground smooth. Tapered and rounded at the proximal end with an off-centre suspension hole drilled mostly from one side. Small notch on one side of the proximal end. One side edge is straight and flattened, the other is curved and bevelled through the distal end.

Complete pounamu/nephrite hei matau. One-piece fishhook shape, previously broken in two pieces on the point and glued back together. Dark cream and light brown colour, with a reddish tint; kokopu variety. Large suspension hole drilled from both sides and an external knob at the head. Point has a large mushroom-like projection with two tips, one of them barbed.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and grey auhuka variety. Surface is ground smooth. Proximal end has a small piece broken off and a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Circular cross section shaped to sharp point at the distal end.

Mid-green kahurangi pounamu pendant. Surface has been ground smooth. Roughly circular shape with a lenticular cross section. Proximal end has a suspension hole drilled from both sides and a notch on one side edge, which may represent a bird or other animal head. Partial straight sawing mark and small indentation on one side and a large worked indentation/reduction on the other side. Serrations along two side edges, about halfway down the pendant.

Piece of split bone. Tapered and broken at one end; worked to a straight edge at the other end. One side edge has about 25 notches of various sizes running along it.

Broken pendant, distal portion remaining. At the broken proximal end there is a partial perforation. There is a large sawing mark down one side. The distal end of the pendant comes to a point. The surface is mostly ground, with small areas of bruising.

Soapstone pendant - dark grey/brown Unusual form. Serrated edges on 4 faces. Left edge straight, right at angle (obtuse) to top curves at bottom to meet diagonal bottom edge Bottom edge wide and grooved as well as serrated. Suspension hole drilled from both sides (wider on top) with second abortive hole left side top.

Broken mere, butt remaining. The break is between the butt and blade, with sawing marks on the front and back. There is a peroration hole that has been drilled from both sides. The poll is ornamented with five haehae (carved lines) on both sides.