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Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with flaking on back, sides, and front end of butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight. Chipped on proper right side.

Piece of kawakawa pounamu in the process of being made into three pendants. Dark green with light green flecks and black inclusions. Surface is polished. Sawing marks along one side edge, curved and rounded on the other side edge. Two grooves running the length of the pendant on one side, outlining the partially-sawn pendants. Two suspension holes at the proximal end, each one drilled from both sides.

Complete kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak). Flax body in whatu rua, 2 pair twining, aho 1cm apart, whenu - 5 per cm. Covered with brown kiwi feathers, groups of 3 feathers worked into both rows of twining. Twisted muka fibre border and ties at the top.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is mostly ground with some flaking and bruising. The butt is undifferentiated. The poll is either damaged or unfinished. The bevel is small and demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is sharp and curved, with a large chip to the proper left side. The front of the blade tapers towards the cutting edge, and the sides widen towards the middle, then taper towards the poll.

Broken adze Cross section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and back, while the surface of the sides is rough where broken. Large portion of butt missing, no obvious differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel demarcated by a curved line. Large portion of cutting edge missing, but remaining cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete adze Cross section is rectangular. Surface is bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. No bevel. Cutting edge is oblique and dull.

Complete adze Cross section is rectangular. Surface is ground, except for proper right area of blade. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with a large chip missing from the proper left side.

Complete adze Cross-section of butt is rectangular, while the cross-section of the blade is lenticular. Surface is ground on front and back, while the surface of the sides is bruised. Major differentiation between blade and butt, front and sides reduced. One large lug on front of butt. Bevel demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp, with a chip on the proper left.

Small black stone pebble. Smooth. Oval shaped.

Broken or unfinished adze Rectangular cross-section. Flaked and bruised surface with ground bevel and ground section on front Blade tapers in from the cutting edge towards the poll but no clear differentiation of butt The bevel area is ground and the rest of the back is bruised. The overall shape is irregular and unfinished. The cutting edge has a flake scars and is asymmetrical

Broken adze, lower part of the blade only Rectangular cross-section. Ground. Small chips on cutting edge and flake scars in back proper left. Flaked surface at break The object is just the lower part of the blade Both sides of the blade taper in slightly from the cutting edge upwards. There is a faint line where the bevel starts

Complete adze. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is ground except for bruising on front butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with large chips along cutting edge.

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground, with some bruising on butt and sides. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front and sides slightly reduced. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is semi-circular, back flattened. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Butt is demarcated by a ridge on front. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some flaking at sides. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll, and front reduced. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Sides reduced, continue tapering towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge chipped off.

Twisted strand of muka (flax) fibre.

Complete waka huia. The shape of the waka huia is rectangular box. The waka huia has four spirals along the length, one wide on sides and base but two wide on the lid. There are isolated inlay paua eyes on base and lid with some paua filling irregular gaps in ornamentation on the lid. There is a simple head each end with no eyes and a tongue that curls back to join box forming hole for suspending cord. There is an 8'mm perforation in the centre of lid. There are flat tongues on the lid (1 each end) that fit into sockets on the top of the waka huia. There is modern fibre cord for suspension through each knob.

Lid of a waka huia. Dark brown in colour. Lid is half-circular in cross section. There are square projections at each end, each with a drilled perforation, although one has been filled in. The exterior surface is carved in eight sections of a rauponga (ridge and triangular notch) pattern. Two large reliefs of human figures dominate; their heads point toward either end. The figures have a full moko with paua shells inlaid in the eyes. The bodies are also decorated in spirals and geometric carvings. One three-fingered hand rests on the stomach and the other rests on thigh. Legs curve inward with three-toed feet. The tops of the heads are pointed toward the ends. The lid has previously been sawn in half and another section of carving has been cut away; all parts have been glued or nailed back together.