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Complete Trapezoidal, Front wider than the back. Circular poll. Sides narrowing to poll. The surface is ground with small bruised area. Major differentiation between the butt and the blade, with a reduction from the blade to the butt The bevel curved and is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and oblique with minor chips

Complete obsidian blade. Black in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouch on the proper left lateral margin at the distal end on the ventral surface.

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

Complete patu onewa. Surface is ground and pecked. Butt has a knob on the proximal edge and sawn indentations on either side edge. Sawn indentations create shoulders on either side of the handle where it meets the blade. Blade edges are chipped and show signs of usewear.

Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a transverse lashing groove, deep on one side and shallow on the other.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete adze. Basalt. Dark grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, sides slightly reduced. Fragment missing from proper left side of poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. North Beach Bluff written on front and back.

Complete adze Cross-section is triangular, with apex to front. Surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge only roughly finished. Bevel seems continuous with blade. Cutting edge sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, lenticular at blade. Surface is ground with bruising down both sides Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line running from corner to corner. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground with flaking. Butt has minor differentiation, sides have been reduced. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is uneven, sharp and rounded.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground, with some bruising on the upper portion of the front, and on the proper left side of the back. There is also flaking on the back of the poll. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade, the cutting edge is straight and sharp.