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Mostly complete pounamu pendant, small piece broken off the distal end. Mid-green with black inclusions, high translucency. J-shaped, curved and rounded at the distal end. Proximal end has a suspension hole, mostly drilled from one side; edge is slightly squared off with a notch at the top.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green tangiwai/bowenite with high translucency. Surface is polished. Fracture mark is apparent at the proximal end. Broken suspension hole, with string cord lashed to one side of the proximal end. Distal end is rounded.

Complete pounamu bird form pendant. Dark green with lighter green inclusions. Translucent and chatoyant. Surface is ground. Large suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from both sides but one side more than the other. Proximal end curves to one side, representing a bird beak. Straight sides, curving and tapering to one side of the distal end, representing tail feathers.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Light green and light brown with silver inclusions. Surface is ground with some flaking on the sides. Tapering toward the proximal end. Distal end is straight and sharp, with a bevel demarcated by a line on each side. Distal end is similar to a cutting edge, indicating that this may have been reworked from an adze.

Complete pendant. Takiwai pounamu. Straight with flattened oval cross section. Surface is ground and polished. Parallel sided with rounded distal end. Proximal end rounded and perforated - wide uneven sided hole.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green takiwai variety with high translucency. Surface is ground and polished. Relatively large suspension hole at the proximal end. J-shaped, curved and rounded at the distal end.

Unfinished adze. Green and brown stone. The cross-section is irregular. The surface has ground areas on both sides of the blade, and flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a line in the stone. It is asymmetrical and flaked. The cutting edge is flaked and blunt. There is a label saying "A. Moritzson Collection." on the front of the adze.

Complete unfinished chisel. Greenstone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front.The surface is ground on the back, with flake scars on the butt and front. The bevel is demarcated by an oblique straight line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green tangiwai variety with high translucency. Surface is flaked and weathered, particularly on the back and at the ends. Rectangular cross section and shape, tapering slightly toward the proximal end. Suspension hole off-centre and drilled from both sides; evidence of previous drilled suspension holes broken out on the proximal edge.

Unfinished pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety, chatoyant and highly translucent. Sides are ground smooth but some edges are broken and chipped. Suspension hole at the proximal end, nearly broken out. Cutting mark running from just below suspension hole to distal end. Distal end juts to one side at an angle. Inside curve of angle is worked on the side edge.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green tangiwai variety. Chatoyant with high translucency. Surface is ground. Cross section is lenticular. Tapered and rounded at each end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at proximal end.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green with white inclusions. Surface is ground smooth. One complete and one broken suspension hole. Serrations running along both sides from the proximal end to the distal ends. Distal end is a curved, crescent-moon shape, with one end slightly longer than the other. Edges are rounded.

Complete mere pounamu. Dark green and silver takiwai variety with high translucency and chatoyant bands. Spatulate in shape. Distal edge of blade is straight and sharp with rounded side edges. Bilateral reduction where the blade meets the handle, flaring out again at the proximal end. Four ornamental grooves on both sides of butt with perforation in the centre, which interrupts the grooves. Perforation hole is straight sided and threaded with a leather thong.

Nephrite/pounamu pendant. Light green and silver. Surface is ground. Tapered to the proximal end, with a broken out suspension hole. Distal end has two projections on either side edge, with a curved indentation between them.

Rectangular fragment of schistose pounamu. There is a piece of paper adhered to one side that reads "Found at Milford So? 1892"

Complete pounamu pendant. Silvery white, with a small amount of green visible around suspension hole, side edges, and one side of the distal end. Surface has been ground. Cross section is lenticular. Proximal end is squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Two knobs, one on each side of the proximal end. Serrations along both side edges, running the entire length of the pendant. Curved to one side and tapered to a dull point on the distal end. Chip missing out of external side of the curve.

Complete pounamu pendant. Green with brown inclusions and high transparency, especially on the distal end. Surface has been ground smooth. Rounded and tapered at the proximal end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides and a sawing mark across the suspension hole on one side. Distal end is very oblique and sharp. May have been reworked from an adze as the distal end resembles a cutting edge with a bevel on one side.

Complete straight pounamu pendant. Mid-green with light brown chatoyant bands. Surface is ground. Cross section is square. Proximal end has a squared off projection, with a suspension hole drilled from one side. A sawing mark runs from below the suspension hole to one side, about halfway down. Distal end is slightly oblique, with a bevel demarcated by a line on one side, indicating that pendant may have been reworked from a chisel.

Complete adze. Light brown pounamu. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is mostly unworked with some ground and flaked areas. There is a reduction in the sides of the butt on the back. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge and the change in surface from ground to flaked. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with flake scars on both corners.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and translucent. Reduced and notched at the proximal end, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Curved to a dull point at the distal end.