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Complete bone pendant. Straight with suspension hole at the proximal end, coming to a point at the distal end.

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drill mark on one side of the proximal end, an eye partly bored.

Patu onewa fragment, part of handle remaining. Completely flat on the underside. Carved grooves on one side of butt. Drilled perforation.

Broken adze (broken at poll end). Pounamu. Dark green, light green. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground, bruising on proper left front, sawing mark down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper left side. At poll end there is a half a drilled hole. Poll is broken off where hole is drilled. "Murdering Beach" written on back.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark and light green. Cross-section is oval, though front flattens out slightly towards blade, so cross-section becomes more rectangular. Surface is bruised except on cutting edge. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced. One large lug on poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Bevel is concave. Area between bevel and butt slightly reduced.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and black with feature fractures, Barn Bay source. Surface is ground smooth. One side edge is straight and one is curved. Lenticular cross section. Tapered at the proximal end, with a knob which has a broken out suspension hole. Side edges are partially serrated and notched. Distal end is rounded.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking on the cutting edge, and poll. There are sawing marks on both sides. The bevel is delineated by two lines, joining at a shallow chin. The cutting edge is curved and blunt, with flaking on the proper left.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground and bladed on both ends. Both sides of both ends are bevelled. The tapered cutting edge is curved and sharp, the non-tapered end is straight and blunt.

Complete tooth pendant. The tooth curves to a blunt point. There is a large crack through the distal end of the pendant. The proximal end suspension hole has been drilled from both sides.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated with a line. Cutting edge is straight, smooth and sharp.

Complete toggle, with one end lightly chipped. There is a single perforation, and close to the perforation are some vertical striations. Along the top there are diagonal striations. There is a crack at one end. This object had been glued down at some point, and remains of the adhesive and backing remain on back.

Complete bone pendant. Slightly curved with suspension hole.