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Complete needle. Distal end is pointed. There is a drilled, circular eye. There is pink staining on the surface.

Mostly complete pounamu hei tiki. Dark green and light brown. Surface is ground, with large flake broken off bottom proper right leg. Head is tilted to the proper left side and large in proportion to body. Suspension hole drilled mostly from the back, on knob at top of head. Deep-set eyes carved. Mouth and tongue indicated by shallow grooves. Arms curved outward with hands resting on thighs. Legs joined at the bottom. Perforations at arms and legs. Bevel on both sides of the distal edge resembles a cutting edge, indicating that this may have been reworked from an adze.

Complete adze Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface of front and back are ground, with areas of natural roughness on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Slightly reduced on proper left side. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. The back and front are almost entirely ground, with natural rough patches on the PL side. There is flaking on the PR side, which extends from the side of the cutting edge up to the poll. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and curved, flaked on the PR side.

Complete adze. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is ground. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the proper left side has a lug and tapers towards the poll. The blade is demarcated by a curved ridge at the chin with a second ridge slightly higher up. The cutting edge is straight and sharp. There is a minor chip on the proper right hand side.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some areas of natural roughness at poll and along proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Proper left poll has been reduced. Bevelled on front and back. Front bevel is small, and demarcated by a straight line. Back bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken adze. Portion of cutting edge and lower blade remaining. Not enough remaining to tell cross-section of whole adze. Surface is ground. Butt not present. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge sharp and straight.

Rectangular fragment of schistose pounamu. There is a piece of paper adhered to one side that reads "Found at Milford So? 1892"

Bone comb with seven prongs. Perforation drilled from both sides in one corner of the proximal end. Sawing marks at the proximal edge.

Complete curved fishhook point.

Complete tattoo chisel, carved tines at the distal edge.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp and curved. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.