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Broken patu onewa, complete in two pieces. Surface is ground. There are several chips around the edges of the blade. There is a perforation at the handle - drilled from both sides. The patu onewa has been broken through the handle at the perforation. The other piece features the knob of the handle, with four grooves on either side of the oval knob with a central ridge between.

Broken patu onewa, handle and part of blade present. There is an incomplete perforation at the handle that has been drilled from both sides. The butt of the handle is carved, oval in shape, with three grooves on each side and top ridge at the top. Surface is ground.

Complete patu onewa, with no tau. Drill perforation present. Blade has moderate chipping along one edge. Patu is present in two pieces which have been glued back together very deftly. Butt has ornamental grooves across the top.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, trapezoidal at blade with back narrower than front. Surface is ground with bruising around the butt and poll. Butt has major differentiation, sides and front have been reduced and shoulders raised. Bevel demarcated by faint ridge. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded with minor chipping.

Complete adze. Basalt. Dark grey, black. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on back, and on lower front. Flaking on upper front and sides, with small amount of bruising. Major differentiation between butt and blade, reduced on front and sides. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, with very small chips along cutting edge.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front, cross-section of butt is rectangular. Surface is partialluy ground on front and sides, rest is bruised. Minor differentiation, front slopes down towards poll. Poll reduced on proper left side. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped kid cutting edge. Large chip on proper right front.

Roughout Irregular trapezoid with back narrower than the front. Flaked surface Blade tapers in slightly towards the butt but no differentiation The bevel is concave and is clearly demarcated by ridges at the sides and a minor curved ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is asymmetrical, longer on the proper left side.

complete Trapezoidal with oval butt. The surface is mostly ground blade, with bruised butt, light bruising down the side of the blade and a flake scar on the back. Minor differentiation between the butt and the blade, slight reduction from blade to butt on the front and sides. Bevel indistinguishable from the blade, bevel is slightly convex, cutting edge is convex and sharp but chipped.

Basalt flake that is mid grey in colour. There are two massive flake scars on the lateral margins of the dorsal surface.

Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete adze. Cross-section is triangular, with apex to front. Apex widens towards cutting edge, making the cross-section more trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground around cutting edge, becoming bruised and flaked on blade and butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is narrow, sharp and curved.

incomplete (cutting edge missing/unfinished) rectangular, thickening from the front and back towards the poll. The surface is bruised with flaked sections along the sides and near the end of the blade. Major differentiation between the butt and the blade, the blade reduces into the butt on the sides forming a clear shoulder. There is no clear bevel. The cutting edge is poorly formed or broken off, this end is defined by flaking.

complete rectangular The surface is ground with significant bruising and flaking. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade, with a minor reduction from the blade to the butt on the front and front sides. the bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp but slightly chipped.

complete roughly trapezoidal, back narrower than the front. The surface is ground, with bruising up the sides. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade, where there is a slight reduction from blade to butt on the front proper left side. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp.

Broken (Parts of the blade and bevel are present) rectangular?. The surface is ground. The butt is not present. The bevel appears flat and is distinguishable from the blade by a clear curved ridge. The Cutting edge is missing. The Adze appears to have shattered and the remaining pieces glued together. There are a lot of cracks.

Complete adze Oval at poll, asymmetrical at blade. Ground on front and back, bruising and flaking down sides and around poll. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by faint line across blade. Cutting edge is slightly rounded, moderately sharp and slightly chipped.

Grey with shiny dark grey/black flaw on end of blade ant one side. Spatulate in shape, relatively narrow blade. Tapers to neck - no shoulders - and then expands to knobbed proximal end. 4 ridges (3 + central, proximal one which are flat between ridges. Hourglass perforation on handle inside of ridges.