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Complete pounamu adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper toward the poll. Back of the adze is concave. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and flaked. "Saddle Hill" inscription.

Complete adze Oval at poll, rectangular at blade. Bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation; right side proper has been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line across blade. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly rounded, with the left side proper flaked away.

Complete adze. Light green pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and flaked with sawing marks proper left side. No differentiation between the butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge has been flaked away. "Waverley Dunedin" inscription.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green, mid-blue, and black in colour with low transparency. Inanga variety, Westland source. Adze-shaped, with a broken and reworked proximal end. Proximal edge is rounded and reduced with shoulders. Complete suspension hole drilled from both sides, as well as a drill mark on one side indicating another incomplete suspension hole. One side edge has a small sawing mark and serrations running along the lower end, possibly an indicator of the number of generations of use. Distal end is oblique and sharp.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki, inanga variety, Arahura source. Head inclined to left. Right arm with three fingers and thumb on trunk, left arm with three fingers on thigh and thumb on abdomen. Brows, nose, eyes and elbow joints indicated, mouth has tongue protruding straight over lower jaw, with one tooth indicated in each corner. Finely decorated on nose. Two suspension holes each drilled from both sides, that nearest to the nose is well worn and thin towards the outside edge. The other hole is approximately in the centre of the tiki, just above the left eye. Female genitals indicated. Legs joined together with three toes each.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green inanga variety. Surface is polished. Suspension hole at the proximal end. J-shaped, curved and rounded at the distal end.

Complete mere pounamu. Inaka section crosses diagonally from one side to the other on blade with kahurangi pounamu extending to proximal end. Dark green, mid-yellow, and black in colour. Surface is polished. Six grooves at butt with perforated hole drilled from both sides. Both edges of hole slightly inset. String looped through hole and tied.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground faint white scratch marks. Back of blade is also ground. There is also a indented ridge structure to the right portion of blade. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll portion is not fully present. Bevel is demarcated with a ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Incomplete adze, bevel end only. Lenticular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked with some ground areas. The bevel is small and demarcated by a curved line and bruising on the proper right. There is a small piece of paper stuck on the front of the blade with "1."? written on it.

Complete pounamu point. Possible drill point. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with faking on the poll. The point is sharp.

Complete inanga pounamu pendant. Cross section is rectangular, coming to a point at the distal end. Suspension hole at the proximal end has been drilled from both sides. The proximal end has some flaking. The point is sharp.

Complete adze. Lozenge. Ground, with some bruising and flaking at the poll end. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by a curved line across blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp, and rounded. Prominent sawing marks down both sides.

Complete adze. Mid green pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with sawing marks on proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, with front proper right side slightly reduced to form a shoulder. Sides taper toward poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "Inch Clutha" inscription on proper left side.

Complete, unfinished adze The cross-section is rectangular at the blade and plano-convex with the front flatten at the butt. The surface is mostly ground with some flake scars and chips on the blade and butt. No distinction between butt and blade. No distinction between butt and blade.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Pounamu. Light green, mid green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, some flaking on front edges. Break at butt. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. Kaka Pt. written on back. Small sticker partially removed on front; "Kaka Pt."

Inanga nephrite tautau, hockey stick type pendant. U shaped distal end sits above perforation drilled from both sides.

Complete adze. Light green, black, silver pounamu. Surface is ground. Cross-section is rectangular. Minor differentiation between butt and blade with slight reduction in the sides, particularly the proper left side which has a minor shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "Taieri Mth" inscription.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green inanga variety with high translucency at the distal end and chatoyant bands. Surface is polished. Proximal end edge is squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Distal end is tapered to a point.

Broken adze, blade and bevel only Asymmetrical trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. Division scar on proper right side, flaking surface at top on both front and back The piece of adze is the blade and bevel only, there is no butt The cutting edge is sharp and nearly straight. The bevel is narrow and straight and continuous with the blade

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the front. There is sawing marks on the proper left. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.