New Acquisitions

Complete korotete (holding basket for live eels), made of woven vines. Two loops at the base and two near the top. Woven vine lid with handle fits on tapered top.

A complete silcrete blade, grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on the right lateral side.

Complete silcrete blade. Dark red in colour.

complete Rectangular cross-section. Ground surface with flake scars on the front, proper right side and cutting edge The blade tapers in from the cutting edge towards the poll. There is no differentiation between the blade and the butt The bevel is demarcated by a slight curved ridge. The cutting edge is flaked and irregular

Complete bird spear point. Four barbs. Serrations along sides.

Broken and unfinished hei tiki, head remaining only. Pounamu/nephrite, kawakawa variety with mottled dark patches on mid green. Lighter band runs diagonally across and below lower eye. Two eyes partly outlined with peak at crown. Head turned toward proper left side. Complete perforation at top of head, drilled from both sides.

Unfinished hei tiki. There is a perforation through the proximal end. The edges are curved and shaped, rounded at the proximal end and straight at the distal end. There are two notches, one on either side, both at approximate middle.

Broken sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Light grey silcrete core. No visible cortex.

Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Mid-grey in colour.

Chalcedony flake. Mid brown in colour. There is weathering on two sides.

Stone flake.