New Acquisitions

Adze roughout showing large flake scars. Might have been intended to be a hogback. Black- dark grey in colour but has been in a house fire. Some patches of lighter grey obvious. Cutting edge apparently only ca 2cm in this state. Complete roughout. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Repaired sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete string of 12 glass trade beads. They are of varying size, but all small. They are strung on a straight piece of muka, tied at both ends.

Complete curved fishhook point. Two notches near base; slightly in curved point.

Mostly complete straight fishhook point. Tip missing. Two notches near base on outside.

Bone curved fishhook point. Lower remaining. Tip broken off.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green tangiwai variety. Chatoyant with high translucency. Surface is ground. Cross section is lenticular. Tapered and rounded at each end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at proximal end.

Dark green pounamu hei tiki made using lapidary machinery. Suspension hole at forehead. Head turned towards left with intricate and well-defined facial features. Arms resting on thighs. Legs curved at underneath body. Perforations at arms and legs. Back flat. Front surface highly polished.

Plaster cast of broken minnow shank with the head remaining. The cross section is triangular. It has a perforation through the peak of the head and one notch on either side of the head, in line with the perforation. It is coloured red.

Complete black minnow lure with triangular cross-section. Perforation at head. Flattened base for lashing, with notches on opposite side.