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Partially manufactured fishhook showing drill work

Partially manufactured fishhook showing drill work

Broken one-piece fishhook, with incurved point. All remaining except tip of point, and head of shank.

Broken fishhook, shank remaining. Internal and external knobs at head.

Broken tattoo chisel, hafting end remaining. End is reduced to form two prongs.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green with high translucency. Surface is ground with flaking. Rectangular shape, tapered to a knob at the proximal end, used for suspension. Serrations along the distal end.

Unfinished tattoo chisel. The cutting edge has been finished with teeth. The sides are rough. The hafting end has been shaped, but not finished.

Unfinished tattoo chisel. Cutting edge is finished, with small teeth, some broken off. Hafting edge is shaped, but unfinished.

Seal tooth pendant. Notch at root end for suspending (possibly a broken suspension hole).

Tooth pendant with suspension hole at root end. Reduced on either side of suspension hole. Large crack down length of tooth.

Complete bone minnow lure shank. Perforation drilled from both sides at the head. Head is tapered to a dull point. Base has a knob with two projections on either side.

Piece of worked bone, use unknown, possibly a pendant or a fishhook shank. Shape and cross section are both ovoid. One end has a rounded edge and a perforation drilled from both sides. Other end has a projection that is squared off, with a perforation drilled from both sides.