New Acquisitions

Broken or unfinished soapstone pendant, broken at the proximal end. Human leg form. Light brown and mid-brown. Buttocks, knee, and foot indicated by projections and corresponding indentations on side edges.

Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at tip. Serrations along base.

Broken fishhook point, broken at base. Previously broken at tip, now fixed. Incurved point.

Part A: Complete curved fishhook point, two perforations through base. Part B: Broken stone shank fragment. Triangular cross-section.

Broken tattoo chisel, lower portion remaining. Hafting end not present. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, one side chipped. There are longitudinal striations along lower portion to cutting edge.

Complete bone bird spear point. One lateral margin has three barbs. The tip narrows to a sharp point.

Incomplete adze. Cross section lenticular. Surface ground at cutting edge. Bevel demarcated by asymmetric line. Cutting edge is straight and blunt, with chipping.

Obverse: Laureate head right. ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG. Reverse: Serapis wearing a polos (a Wheat measure) on his head, raising his right hand in salute and holding a sceptre in his left. PM TR XVI COS IIII PP The inscription on the obverse says ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, and our present coins lack the ‘FEL’ (= Felix = ‘fortunate’). It’s not a common addition on his coins.

Complete unworked seal tooth. Point chipped off.

Complete unworked seal tooth. Point blunt.

Complete seal tooth and root.

Complete fern root patu rakau. The handle is demarcated by a line and a reduction of the blade. The blade is worn at the tip, with surface cracks across the whole patu.