New Acquisitions

Wooden tiwha (plug) for repairing holes in pōhā (kelp bags). Square shape with a rectangular cross-section. Surface is worked smooth and flat. Grooved around the perimeter.

Part A: Complete curved fishhook point, two perforations through base. Part B: Broken stone shank fragment. Triangular cross-section.

Complete adze Oval at poll, asymmetrical at blade. Ground on front and back, bruising and flaking down sides and around poll. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by faint line across blade. Cutting edge is slightly rounded, moderately sharp and slightly chipped.

Complete unfinished adze. Light grey stone. Asymmetrical lenticular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground on the blade, with flaked and bruised areas. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade, with ridges marking its sides. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Bone hei matau (fishhook pendant). Previously broken in several pieces and glued back together. Drilled suspension hole at proximal end. Barbed point, small part broken off at the tip and the barb.

Complete adze. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is bruised. There is major differentiation between the butt and blade as both sides have raised shoulders and then taper towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge at the chin and by a change in the bruising. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Piece of worked bone, possibly a fragment of a comb. Knobbed projection on one end, rounded with notches at the base. Straight and tapered to the other end, which is broken.

Broken bird spear point, lower portion remaining. Two barbs remaining. Notches along sides.