New Acquisitions

Complete adze. Oval at poll, plano-convex (front flattened) at blade. Ground with bruising around butt and down sides. Butt has major differentiation; sides have been clearly reduced and shoulders raised slightly. Bevel is demarcated by curved lines running from each corner up through centre of blade.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, lenticular at blade. Ground with bruising and flaking around sides and poll. Butt has minor differentiating; sides have been reduced and shoulders slightly raised. Bevel is demarcated by curved lines running up from each corner to meet in a horizontal line across blade. Cutting edge is smooth and sharp, with a slight curve.

Complete adze. Black and grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular on the blade and half-circular on the butt. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. Proper right side is slightly reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is rough, blunt and flaked.

Complete ivory pendant curved to a point at distal end with a suspension hole at proximal end.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb, lower, external notches and serrations above these notches on the external side to the top of the point.

Complete Trapezoidal, back slightly narrower than front. Surface is ground and bruised. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is Sharp, wide and curved.

Complete bone bird spear point. Three barbs. Notches on two lower barbs.

Complete shark tooth pendant. Sides of the root have been squared off with a suspension hole. Natural serrations along the tooth to the tip.

Broken bone comb, proximal end and one of our four teeth remaining. Sawing marks used to create teeth are evident on both sides. Remaining tooth is worked to a sharp point.

Complete threader, large and manufactured from a thick piece of bone.

Complete patu paraoa. Previously broken on the blade and glued back together. Four decorative grooves on each side of the butt. Perforation on butt. Sticker residue on one side of blade.