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Broken adze (butt remaining). Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface of front and upper half of back is ground. Large rough area where blade broke off. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Blade not present.

Complete adze. Cross section is irregular but roughly rectangular. The surface is ground with some bruising on the sides of the butt. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a faint line. The cutting edge is sharp and asymmetrically curved, with the proper right side longer. There are numerous short striations along both sides of the cutting edge. There is a rectangular ridge running down the centre of the proper right side, from the cutting edge to the butt.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground with areas of natural roughness spread across front and back. Sides taper towards poll. Blade not present.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on the front, surface on back is bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, natural roughness along the sides extending to the end of the butt. Front-side of butt has natural roughness. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, natural roughness and sharpness at tip of butt. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly bruised. Proper right side, bevel and cutting edge are ground No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is a pentagon. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll and on the front at the cutting edge. The bevel is demarked by two diagonal lines. The cutting edge is straight, diagonal and chipped.

Worked pounamu. Surface is ground smooth on one side and slightly bruised on the other side. Roughly rectangular in shape, with a concave cross section. The proximal edge has a broken perforation in the centre, with a diagonal edge on either side. The lateral margins are straight and worked to a blunt edge. The distal end is curved, with a bevel on each side demarcated by a line. There is a chip missing out of one side of the distal edge.

Incomplete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with bruising on the poll. There are light sawing marks on the proper left and right sides, at the poll end. Both the cutting edge and poll and bevelled. The cutting edge bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The poll bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edges are straight and sharp.

Complete. Cross-section is rectangular Surface is ground, natural roughness on back just above the chin of the blade. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Sides, back and half of front are rough. Lower half of front is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp. Both corners of the cutting edge are damaged by chipping or flaking.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section The surface is ground. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade, but the sides taper towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a faint line. The cutting edge is sharp and sightly curved .

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground and the bevel is flaking. There is major delineation between butt and blade, with all four sides reducing to a point at the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a concave wearing, which is flaked. The cutting edge is chipped.

Mostly complete pounamu/nephrite pendant, small part broken off the distal end. Inanga variety, pale milky green with light brown flecks. Surface is ground smooth. Proximal end is rounded with a suspension hole drilled from each side. There is a kink in the centre of the pendant, with a notch on one edge and corresponding projection on the opposite side. Tapers toward the distal end. Ref Comparatively Speaking p54 (4.22)

Complete adze Cross-section is asymmetrical Surface is ground Major differentiation between the butt and the blade with a sawing marks around the perimeter of the butt Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is sharp

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground on the bevel. There is flaking on the front. There are sawing marks on the proper right. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is diagonal, straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green-blue and black schistose inanga variety with feather fractures and low transparency. Low temperature heat treated, especially near the proximal end. Cross-section is half-circular. Surface is ground on one side and flaked on the other, with a sawing mark on one side edge. Straight, rectangular shape, slightly reduced at the proximal end with a knob for suspension. Distal edge is straight.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground with bruising and chipping around edges. Butt undifferentiated and has been flaked away. Bevel is demarcated by a faint straight line. Cutting edge is straight, sharp and has minor chipping.