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Complete pounamu/nephrite hei tiki. Dark green kawakawa variety, low transparency, Arahura source. Head turned to left with peaked forehead, nostrils indicated, eyes well inset. Suspension hole drilled from both sides, but mostly from the back above the left eye. Three fingered hands rest on thighs and breasts indicated. Distal edge has several smoothed notches.

Complete mutu kaka (bird snare). Handle is curved with decorative notches running down one side. Butt is carved with a geometric pattern and has two perforations with a vine and muka cord lashed through them. Perch is carved at one end with a human face facing upward, and there is a projection curving upward at the other end, representing the feet of the carved figure. Two perforations on either side of the figure's mouth each with a broken twig through them, lashed with a twisted muka cord. Another diagonal perforation from the figure's nose bridge to the back of the head, with a twisted muka cord passing through it, tied to a thicker plaited muka cord. A stick and a broken block of wood is lashed with a vine to the perch.

Complete adze Cross section is mostly rectangular, front slightly rounded Surface of blade is ground, surface of butt features natural roughness Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Butt sides angle in. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete kahawai hook. Wooden shank with two knobs at head and large knob at base. White iridescent shell. Curved bone point with internal barb. European-style twisted cord and lashings.

Complete kahawai lure. Curved bone shaft with paua shell inlay. Barbed bone fishhook point lashed to base with muka. Twisted muka cord at head.

Complete wahaika rakau. It has a circular perforation just below the head. There is whakairo on the head in the shape of a head with shell inlays for the eyes. There is also whakairo in circular shapes on the back and front of the body, which a human form on one side, also with shell inlays for the eyes. It is in good condition, there is minor chipping of the tip of the hook.

Complete kotiate made of wood. Geometric carvings and two perforations on blade. Face carving on butt of handle with a perforation at base of head.

Complete hafted adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Butt not visible due to haft Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Hafted adze. Adze is connected to highly carved, dark brown, wooden (T shaped) haft. Decorated end (opposite adze) has carved Maori figure with paua shell eyes. Wood has been cut into haft shape. Adze connected to haft by twine.

Broken patu onewa, only butt remaining. Drilling marks forming an hourglass shape on the broken end, where a perforation once was. Ornamental grooves around the top. Cross-section is oval.

Fragment of patu onewa; lower handle and upper blade remaining. Surface is ground.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant, broken at the suspension hole (drilled from both sides). Light green in colour. Surface is ground. Shaped like an elongated adze. Tapered at the proximal end. Sawing marks on each side edge. Straight bevel demarcated by a line. Distal edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green inanga variety. Medium translucency with white inclusions. Oval cross section. Surface is polished. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end. Proximal edge is rounded. Tapered to a point at the distal end.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, some bruising. Butt not present, but evidence of shoulder present at upper blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Large fragment missing from mid cutting edge. New Zealand ? Winton ? written on front.

Complete Rectangular cross-section at bevel, oval at butt Bruised surface with flake scars at the poll and on the back of the blade. Ground surface on bevel front and back The blade tapers in from the cutting edge towards the poll and the front of the butt is reduced slightly. The poll is rounded but with large flake scars The bevel is continuous to the blade and has a sharp symmetrical cutting edge.

Complete adze blade has a semi-circular cross-section, with the back flattened. The butt has a lozenge cross section. Surface of adze is ground, with a bruised poll. major differentiation between butt and blade, with sides reduced. Bevel is demarcated, and straight. The cutting edge is curved, and sharp. Blade is chipped on cutting edge.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is rectangular, slightly rounded. Surface is ground, bruised on butt front and sides. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, front reduced forming shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, slightly concave, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section with back narrower than the front Bruised and flaked surface Blade tapers in from the bottom edge towards the poll The bevel is demarcated by an irregular ridge at the chin. There is a large flake scar on the proper left side of the bevel. The cutting edge is curved and asymmetrical with a flake scar near its centre

Incomplete adze. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is ground along blade cutting edge, but very roughly flaked along rest of blade and butt. Undifferentiated , no distinction between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Roughout Irregular trapezoid cross-section with the back narrower than the front Rough flaked surface There is no differentiation between the blade and the butt, apart from a narrowing of the sides of the blade towards the poll The stone at the lower back of the adze is in the rough shape of a bevel but it ends at a flat side rather than a cutting edge. The blade is asymmetrical and unfinished. Sharp irregular edges form the narrower back side of the blade.

Broken adze, edge of blade missing Mostly rectangular cross section, with a rounded back. Surface is ground, except at broken edges, where the surface is rough and chipped. Adze has a tiny butt, with minor differentiation between butt and blade, with sides reduced. The blade of this adze is broken.