Collection Search

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.

Pounamu hei matau pendant. Broken in two pieces and glued back together.

Complete pounamu pendant in the shape of a bird or fish. Dark and mid-green in colour, highly translucent and chatoyant. Surface is polished. Suspension hole at proximal end indicates animal's eye, drilled from both sides. Proximal end has a large projection on one side edge with three notches below. Other side edge of the proximal end is also notched. Distal edge is oblique, indicating a fin or feathers, with an indentation in the centre.

Argillite, broken stone minnow shank, perforation drilled from both sides broken out at proximal end. Arrow points on opposite edges one ahead of the other leading to pointed distal end. Chatoyant darker green streaks running in bands amongst lighter green., Broken minnow lure, with head remaining. Cross-section is triangular, with flattened base and two perforated holes at apex of head. Shoulders are raised slightly.

Complete toki. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with sawing mark down proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduces and slopes towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Kaikai's Bay" written on back.

Complete pounamu hei tiki. Very light green with white spots layers. Smooth edges and shape. Head is turned toward the proper left side. Eyes, nose, lips, shoulders, and feet indicated by incised lines. Cracked brown line through the nose. Small suspension hole at the top of the head, mostly drilled from the back. On the back side, natural depression on the right shoulder.

Complete pounamu/Nephrite hei tiki. Mid-green inanga variety with white inclusions. Westland source. Head turned to left. Serrated paua shell inlaid into eyes. Nostrils, pointed tongue, chin, and forehead indicated. Arms rest on thighs, legs joined with three toes either foot. Perforation drilled front at centre top through scarf cut across rear.

Complete adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground on the blade with bruising on the butt and the back of the blade, with some flake scars. There is a reduction in the sides and front of the butt, and the butt is differentiated by a curved line of bruising. The bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge. The cutting edge is chipped.

Broken adze, butt remaining. Black and light brown stone. Cross-section is round on the butt and rectangular on the blade. Surface is ground and bruised. Sides of the butt are slightly reduced to form shoulders and front of the butt slopes to the poll. Cutting edge is curved and blunt and appears to have been reground, with a bevel that is continuous with the blade. "Waimera [Waiwera], South" inscription on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Side hafted adze. Surface is bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade - proper right side heavily reduced, leaving a handle like shape on proper left of adze. Bevel is demarcated by surface, where it changes from bruised on the butt to ground on the bevel and cutting edge. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Large chips along edge.

Complete adze. The cross-section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the surface changes from ground to flaked. The bevel is demarcated by an oblique ridge. The cutting edge is straight and sharp but it has quite a few chips along it, with two major ones on either side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on front and back, surface is bruised on sides and butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. "Nth Taieri" written on front.

Complete adze. Basalt. Mid grey, dark grey. Cross-section of butt is oval, cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface of front and back lower blade is ground, all other surfaces are bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, unusually, back reduced forming shoulder on back of adze. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, fragment missing from proper right. Cutting edge is heavily chipped. "Nth Taieri" written on front.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete unfinished adze. Light grey/green stone. The cross-section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly bruised and flaked with a ground bevel and lower front of the blade. There is a reduction in the sides of the stone at the butt. The bevel is demarcated by the change of surface in an irregular line. The cutting edge is straight, smooth and sharp.

Complete toki. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Poll = Oval. Front of blade is mostly bruised. Back of blade is very similar to front - also bruised. Major differentiation between blade and butt. Clear reduction to the shoulder. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Complete toki. Rectangular. Narrowing in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground with flake scars. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. the bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp, slightly curved and oblique.