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Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb. It has lower, exterior basal notches.

A model of a hoe (waka paddle). Light brown wood. Handle is worked smooth with a round cross-section. A knob on the butt of the handle is carved with a simple human face, with eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth depicted. Blade of the paddle is oblong with a lenticular cross-section; broken at the distal end. Blade is carved on front and back with a pattern of horizontal and vertical grooves.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, some bruising around butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced forming small shoulder. Small ridge at shoulder. Poll end is raised into a single lug. Bevel is demarcated by a very small ridge at chin, cutting edge is sharp and straight, corners slightly rounded. "Milburn" written on back and front.