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Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green and brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface is highly ground, but with flaked areas. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. ?Otago written on front.

Complete adze. Mid green pounamu. Surface is ground and flaked. Cross-section is rectangular on the blade and circular on the butt. Minor differentiation between the butt and the blade; sides are slightly reduced, particularly on the proper right side. Sides of the butt taper toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Waimate." inscription on front.

Pounamu/nephrite pendant, broken at the proximal end. Light green, inanga variety, high translucency. Surface is ground and cross section is lenticular. Elongated with rounded distal end. Reduced at the proximal end by a notch.

Complete adze. Argillite. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, sawing marks on front and back running the length of the adze. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, back slightly reduced, possibly natural. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Waipapa Pt. written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section of butt is oval. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground on front, back, and blade end of sides. Butt has bruising on sides, part of front and back. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Sides reduced, making blade wider than butt. Bevel is demarcated by a line, also some demarcation on sides. Cutting edge is blunt and curved.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with the back flaked off. The proper left side of the front is also flaking. The proper left side of the poll has been broken off. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, the proper left corner of the cutting edge is chipped.

Complete inanga pounamu/nephrite pendant. Arahura source. High translucency with feather flakes. Adze-shaped with oblong cutting edge, and a bevel on each side, both demarcated by lines. Eight small serrations along upper half of right hand side. Tapers toward the proximal end, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, except back of butt and poll which has areas of bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is a rectangle. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll. Both sides of the blade are bevelled, both demarcated by straight lines. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, mid brown. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground, bruising on proper left and poll. Sawing mark down proper left side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Murdering B" written on front.

Complete chisel Cross-section is circular Surface is ground

Broken pounamu gouge, distal end of blade remaining. Surface is ground. Cross section is rectangular with rounded corners. Bevel is demarcated by a line and change in surface. Cutting edge is tapered, sharp, and curved.

Complete inanga pounamu pendant. Surface is ground. Shape is a rounded hei matau. Suspension hole at proximal end has ben drilled from both sides. There is a stylised knob adjacent to the suspension hole. There is a blunt external barb on the bottom of the pendant.

Complete adze Cross-section is circular. Surface is smooth. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical at poll, plano-convex with front flattened at back. Surface is ground with heavy flaking and bruising down right side proper and across back Butt has minor differentiation, sides and front have been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by lines running from each corner curved up to an apex in the centre of the blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded with minor chipping.

Broken toki (Butt, part of the blade and part of the bevel present). Roughly rectangular. Narrows in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground with flake scars. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is flat and demarcated from the blade by a clear ridge. The cutting edge is missing.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Narrowing in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground. Saw mark and seam on the proper left side. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and oblique

Broken toki (Butt, blade and bevel present). Very roughly oval. The surface is ground, with a saw cut on the proper right side. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and demarcated by a slight ridge visible only on the proper right side. The cutting edge is missing.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu adze Cross-section is oval. The surface is ground. There is no differentiation between the butt and blade. The bevel is demarcated by two curved lines that meet in the middle of the back. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.