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Complete shellfish picker. Pointed at both ends, one end very fine and sharp.

Mostly complete bone point or shellfish picker. Chipped at one end. Manufactured from hollow bone.

Adze roughout. The cross section is approximately rectangular. The surface is flaked. There is a small, rectangular piece of paper adhered to the front. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is differentiated by a ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is unfinished and asymmetrical but sharp.

Adze roughout. The cross section is asymmetrical: lenticular on the proper left side and approximately rectangular on the proper right side. The surface is flaked. There is a small, rectangular piece of paper adhered to the front. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is unfinished and undifferentiated. The cutting edge is unfinished and blunt.

Complete bone pendant, slightly curved with suspension hole at proximal end.

Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Broken sinker, lower portion remaining, with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green, dark green, and silver. Surface is ground smooth. Hexagonal cross section. Tapered at each end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides of the proximal end.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on lower blade, with flaking on all sides on upper blade. Surface of butt is bruised, with flaking at poll. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, with front reduced, sloping down towards poll. Notch cut into poll end of butt on front. Bevel demarcated where surface changes from ground to flaked. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Small white sticker on front of butt with 231 written on it.

Complete curved fishhook point fragment. All remaining bit tip of point and end of base. Notches at base.

Complete curved fishhook point. Reduction at base.

Broken straight fishhook point fragment. All remaining but end of base. Internal barb at point. Notch at base.