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Moa cranium with wear and loss to whole surface and much of the finer structures.

Moa cranium with wear and loss to whole surface and much of the finer structures.

Moa cranium with wear and loss to whole surface and much of the finer structures.

Cranium of a moa, woth most of the facial features missing or worn away. Skull is full of sediment, with some sediment coming loose.

Moa cranium with wear and loss to whole surface and much of the finer structures.

Almost complete moa femur with mid brown colouration, worn shaft and wear to the high relief areas. Spongy bone has substrate in the crevices.

Complete hoe (paddle). The shaft has a circular grip. The throat has an ornamental split of the shaft connecting the shaft to blade. The tip of the blade has a knob at the point.

Complete adze. Stone. Grey. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is bruised, with some ground areas. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, proper right side slightly reduced, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Otago Central written on front.

Broken adze. Lower blade remaining. Rectangular. The surface of the back is mostly bruised and flaked with ground bevel. The surface of the front is mostly ground with some bruising and flaking. Dark brown speckling on surface of break and along surface of proper right side. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.