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Complete bone minnow shank lure. Perforation drilled from both sides at the head, which is tapered to a point. Base has three cut marks on one side. Triangular cross section.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, some bruising on back and flaking on sides. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides and front reduced forming shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp curved, lightly chipped. Moa Flat written on front.

Complete adze. Basalt. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, some flaking on front of butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front slopes down towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge sharp, very chipped.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey speckled with black and white. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced and sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Maori chisel found at Pine Bush Southland January 1899 written on sticker on back.

Complete roughout. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Large piece of wax adhered to bottom of roughout. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Brighton I written on front.

Broken roughout (blade remaining). Stone. Black. Cross-section asymmetrical. Surface is flaked. Butt not present, sides reduce before flaring out again before break. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Brighton I written on back.

Roughout. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Neither end of roughout shaped to form butt or blade. Brighton Is. written on front.

Complete roughout. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section asymmetrical. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Brighton I. written on back.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Stone. Grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Blade not present. Brighton I written on back.

Broken roughout (blade remaining). Stone. Black. Cross-section rectangular. Surface is flaked. Butt not present. Work begun on bevel, cutting edge unfinished. Brighton I. written on back.

Complete roughout. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section trapezoidal, front narrower than back. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, front reduced, slopes down towards poll. Cutting edge and bevel unfinished. Brighton written on back.

Broken roughout (blade remaining). Stone. Brown. Cross-section triangular, with apex to front. Surface is flaked, black residue on sides. Butt not present. Work started on bevel, demarcated by a ridge. Cutting edge unfinished.

Complete roughout. Stone. Black. Cross-section triangular, apex to front. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Work started on bevel, cutting edge unfinished. Brighton I written on poll.

Complete roughout. Stone. Black. Cross-section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Brighton written on back.

Broken roughout (butt and upper blade remaining). Stone. Black. Cross-section is semi-circular, front flattened. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge not present. Brighton I written on poll.

Complete roughout. Stone. Black. Cross-section roughly rectangular. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Brighton I. written on front.

Complete roughout. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section assymetrical. Surface flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Brighton Is. written on front.

Adze roughout. The c ross section is approximately rectangular. The surface is flaked. The butt is undifferentiated. There is no bevel and the cutting edge is blunt.

Complete adze Cross-section is lenticular Surface of the blade is ground and surface of the butt is bruised Major differentiation between butt and blade. Sides are reduced to form shoulder Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid green. Cross-section if butt is oval, cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with bruising on sides and butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced forming small shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and oblique with a slight curve. "Lower Portobello" written on front, though writing is partially missing.