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Piece of worked pounamu. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is heavily flaked with some grounding on one side. "North Canterbury" inscription.

Complete chisel. Light green pounamu. Surface is ground and bruised, with sawing marks on proper right side. Cross-section is rectangular. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides taper toward the poll. Bevel on both front and back, each demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp. "North Canterbury" inscription.

Piece of worked pounamu. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground, with sawing marks on both sides. There appears to be an irregular line on both the front and back, possibly demarcating a bevel on each side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green and white. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with areas of natural roughness, flaked on poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Front of poll flaked so it slopes downwards. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp curved. Otago written on back.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is mostly ground with some bruising. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze Trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. The surface is ground, with flaking on the poll, and centre of the left side proper on the front. Butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is sharp and smooth with a straight angled edge. Prominent saw mark on the right side proper

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. The surface is ground, with flaking down the proper left side. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by a prominent line. Cutting edge smooth, sharp and straight. Prominent saw mark down the proper right side.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is flaked and bruised Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a faint straight line and curves toward cutting edge. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and curved up on an angle to the proper left.

Incomplete adze. Blade and butt remain. Rectangular Surface is ground with heavy flaking at poll and down sides. Cutting edge is flaked away entirely. Butt has major differentiation, front and sides are reduced and shoulders are raised. There are two prominent horizontal grooves above the shoulder demarcating the butt. Bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge has been broken off. GLAM ADZE

Complete adze. Asymmetrical, very curved. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is blunt, smooth and curved. Very curved toward the back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, light blue. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some bruising on back and flaking at poll, sawing marks down proper left and proper right sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. Hampden written on back.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval Surface of front is ground. Surface of back is rough. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly bruised, ground on bevel and proper right side, sawing mark down proper left side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides of butt taper slightly towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and oblique. "Purakanui" partially written on bevel.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Lozenge. The surface is ground, with heavy bruising and flaking. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by ridge. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and on a straight angled line. Saw mark down the right side proper.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Rectangular The surface is ground, with bruising and flaking on large portions. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by strong straight line. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and straight.

Complete adze. The cross section is asymmetrical: the proper left side is lozenge shaped, the proper right side is trapezoidal with the front narrower then the back. The surface is predominantly ground. The sides and poll retain ridges from saw marks. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken adze, butt end remaining. The cross section is asymmetrical but approximately rectangular. The surface is flaked and ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel and cutting edge are absent.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical The surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with cutting edge. Cutting edge is straight and sharp

Complete adze Plano-convex, back flattened. Surface is ground, with flaking on the poll, front, back and sides. Butt undifferentiated and has been flaked away. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and straight, with the proper right corner flaked away.

Possibly an incomplete adze. Light greenstone. The cross-section is lenticular. The surface is roughyl flaked, with polished areas on the front and back of the blade. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. It is unclear which side of the object has the bevel, but the front and back of the blade have polished areas next to the edge. The cutting edge is blunt and irregular.