Carving knife made by the artist. Handle is hand-carved and has a basically rectanguar shape which is narrower at both ends. Part of the handle's neck is cut so a blade can be inserted into it. The blade has a long curved shape. It is inserted into the handle and tightly secured by fibre string wrapped around the top quarter of the handle.

Single-edge, slightly curved blade with plain wooden handle. Brown-black cord wrapped around top of handle. Handle is hand-made.

Double-edge curved blade set in groove in long, plain wooden handle. Handle is wrapped with brown leather cord at top third. In places cord is twisted. Lower half of visible handle is carved to show new wood. Handle is rounded on front and lower back.

Double-edge curved blade set in groove in long, plain wooden handle. Handle is wrapped with brown-black twine at top. Horizontal cut at top of handle close to blade. Front of handle carved at bottom to form wedge. Maker's mark of back of handle in blue ink, 'GD'.

Double-edge curved blade set in groove in plain wooden handle. Handle is wrapped with brown-black twine half way down from top. Knife is hand-made.

Handmade knife with small double-edged curved blade in plain wooden handle. Blade set in groove and bound with dark brown duct tape.

Small single-edge blade in smooth, brown wooden handle. Handle has flat top and bottom. The two sides are curved convex. End of handle is curved convex. Handle tapers towards blade. Blade shape is curved.

Manufactured carving knife. Knife handle made of polished pau ferro hardwood. The handle has two flat sides and two rounded sides. The handle tip is rounded. The handle tapers toward the blade. The carving edge of the blade is curved.

9 small pieces of abalone shell - 4 are square (a-d), 4 are rectangular (e-h), 1 is irregular (i). It is unknown if the pieces came from a store in these shapes or whether the artist made them.

Oval-shaped fragment of abalone shell. Edge broken in two places. Circular hole. Outer shell does not cover total area.