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Complete bone point, distal end is sharp.

Complete bone point, distal end is sharp.

Complete bone point, distal and proximal ends are sharp.

Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.

Mostly complete silcrete blade, termination point not present. White in colour.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Asymmetrical. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is sharp, uneven, chipped and slightly rounded.

Complete unfinished greenstone adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with small flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular oblique line. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped. There is a shallow hole bored into the butt on the back.

Broken ribbonwood piupiu. A section of proper left tags missing. The tags have been arranged in alternating vertical lines of undyed and dyed (red and dark purple) bands. These tags are accompanied by four 3 ply whiri (plaits). The proper left whiri is missing. The whiri are dyed red and purple, with one whenu (strand) left undyed. The waistband is approximately 7cm wide with three weft weaves. The front of the waistband has been covered with a decorative twill (diagonal weave). The waistband has a decorative edging at the top, attached using cotton thread. At each end of the waistband a 4 ply whiri extension of different fibre has been attached. One detached tag accompanies the garment.

Complete kahu kiwi (Kiwi feather cloak). Worked in single pair twine, shaped in middle, with a kiwi feather border, all sides but more narrow along the top, and there are single kiwi feather tags throughout the centre, like polka dots, There is brown twine above the bottom kiwi feather border.There are two purple ties that end in tassels at the top edge of the kahu kiwi, approximately 6cm from each side.

Complete kahu kiwi. Feathers are intermittently worked into the cloak. There is a vertical striped design; one brown, three yellow, one brown, three yellow, one brown. Cloak is worked in two pair twine, shaped at shoulders, has reverse weaving at selvages for finishing off black twine in selvages.

Complete hue (gourd container or calabash). Exterior surface is mid brown and covered with a black substance. Wide, bulbous base with a short, wide neck. Vine stem at the top of the neck, with a circular perforation on one side of the neck. Several cracks throughout body and neck.

Kete Muka woven from natural muka (flax fiber) using whatu aho rua (two-pair weft-twining). Cast on using decorative looped whenu (strands). The body of this kete is decorated with whenu (strands) left loose in order to give a ruffled decorative effect. Muka cord formed using the miro (rolling) technique has been added as handles. Frill work woven outer edge.