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Complete adze Oval cross-section. Back of blade has bruising and flake scars at butt and side portions. Bevel portion is ground. Front of blade is mostly ground with distinct flake scars. Undifferentiated blade between butt. Butt slightly tapers in towards poll. Bevel on blade is demarcated with line. Bevel also has a very slight curve. The cutting edge appears to be sharp.

Complete adze Quadrangular cross-section. Front of blade is mostly ground with butt having flake scars. Back of blade has bruising and flake scars on butt. Undifferentiated between blade and butt, however butt appears to have flake scars which could indicate potential work to create the butt. Bevel on blade is demarcated with line. Bevel also has a very slight curve. The cutting edge appears to be sharp with chip to the right portion.

Complete unfinished rusty iron adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The poll curves towards one side. It is unclear which side the bevel is on as both sides taper towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is chipped.

Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on one side and bruised on the other. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped, with bevel on both surfaces. Haft is flat.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Split silcrete blade, proper left lateral margin remaining. Bifacial retouch on lateral margin and on the distal edge.

Broken bone comb, head remaining. Previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Rounded corners at the proximal end; sides straight. Evidence of 7 teeth, all broken at the base with a horizontal sawing mark visible.

Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion missing. White and light orange in colour. Flake scars present on ventral surface. Unifacial retouch present on one lateral margin on dorsal side.

Split silcrete blade, missing left lateral margin. Light brown and light orange in colour. Unifacial retouch present on right lateral margin on dorsal side.

Broken silcrete blade, missing proximal portion. Bifacial retouch present on one lateral margin, and unifacial retouch present on other lateral margin on dorsal side. Cortex present on dorsal side at proximal end.

Piece of worked pounamu, use unknown. Burnt, silver, light grey, light green in colour. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross section is rectangular. Tapers toward the proximal end, with a sawing mark and a projection on one side edge. Sawing marks along both side edges toward the distal end.

Rectangular slab of worked bone with a curved, bevelled edge. Surface around the edge is smooth with polishing marks evident.

Tooth pendant. Three broken suspension holes at the root. Single drilled hole in the centre. Back side has been reduced into a convex cross-section.

Complete adze. Stone (doesn't look like pounamu to me). Black. Cross-section is semi-circular, with front flattened. Surface is ground, with some light bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Southland? written on back.

Small sample of grossular garnet. Heavy polished pale green rock with brown speckles.