New Acquisitions

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete, curved fishhook point with an upper, internal barb that is serrated to the top of the tip. There are also serrations on the exterior side from the tip down until three quarters down where there are three lower notches. There is a perforation at the base.

Complete adze Adze has a lozenge cross-section. Surface is ground. Flaking at poll Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Notch cut into proper right side of poll. Bevel demarcated by lines that come to a point mid blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, and is chipped on proper left side.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rounded rectangular. Surface is ground, though you can see flaking on butt and sides of blade. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Sides reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade and is slightly concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Chips on proper left and proper right of cutting edge.

Complete adze Asymmetrical. Ground with bruising and flaking on sides and poll. Butt has minor differentiation - sides taper to poll. Bevel demarcated by a line across blade. Cutting edge is straight, smooth and sharp with minor chipping.

Complete adze Oval at poll, rectangular at blade. Bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation; right side proper has been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line across blade. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly rounded, with the left side proper flaked away.

Complete paua shell tiki eye. A perforation hole ahs been drilled through the centre of the shell and there are notches around the exterior edge.

Complete tokotoko. Dark brown wood. Carved with two full-length figures on one side. Rauponga and kirikiore patterns. Paua shell inlays throughout, attached using red sealing wax (one missing). Metal band and a metal cap at the distal end. Handle is undecorated except for two curved lines on either side.