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Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, light green, silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front, proper left back, and bevel. Bruised on remainder of back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by surface change. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped mid cutting edge.

Complete pounamu gouge. The surface is ground with bruising. Poll end and butt are flaked. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and chipped.

Complete pounamu gouge. The surface is ground with natural flaking at on the back and at poll. The bevel is demarked by an irregular line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu gouge. The surface is ground with natural flaking at the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and chipped on the proper right.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll and on the front and back of the butt. The bevel is demarked by a straight line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze Asymmetrical at poll, rectangular at blade. Ground in some areas but overall heavily bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll. Proper left side has been more reduced with raised shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a faint horizontal line. Cutting edge is straight, sharp and rough with some chipping.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground with heavy flaking on the right side proper of the front, and down the left side proper. Butt has minor differentiation; right side proper has been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line which curves from corner to corner. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded. Prominent sawing mark down left side proper.

Complete adze. Greenstone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground with bruising at the sides of the butt and poll. There is some distinction between the butt and the blade, with a bruised reduction in the sides of the butt and two small shoulders on the front. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with a few chips.

Complete adze. Dark green pounamu. Cross-section is trapezoidal. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. Major reduction on the proper left side of the butt; front is tapered toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and flaked. "Ravensbourne" inscription.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Light green and silver inaka variety, burnt black around edge. Surface is ground smooth. Tapered and rounded at the proximal end with an off-centre suspension hole drilled mostly from one side. Small notch on one side of the proximal end. One side edge is straight and flattened, the other is curved and bevelled through the distal end.

Pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety with black inclusions. High transparency with some feather fractures. Surface is ground smooth but with some bruising on back side. Adze shaped with sawing marks on distal end and proper left side edge. Distal edge is unfinished after having been broken from original source. Bevel on each side. Tapers to the proximal end with an oblique edge and an off-centre suspension hole, drilled from both sides.

Complete greenstone gouge. Cross-section is circular. Poll end is naturally rough, rest of surface is ground. Slight sawing mark on one side. Bevel is demarcated by a line, and the bevel is deeply concave. Cutting edge is broken.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll and front. There is sawing marks on the proper left. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground with a diagonal flake missing from the front. There is sawing marks on the proper left. The blade is bevelled on both sides. Both bevels are demarcated by dual diagonal lines. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu chisel. Light green in colour. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised at the butt. Reduced to form shoulders at the butt. Cutting edge is straight and sharp with a bevel demarcated by a line.

Complete adze. Light green pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with flaking on the sides. Major differentiation between the butt and blade; sides are reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp. "Long Beach" inscription.

Complete adze. The cross section is asymmetrical. The proper left side is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The proper right side is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground with some bruising on the sides of the front and flaking along the sides. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Green and black pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with sawing marks. Sides and back of the butt are reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Long Beach" inscription.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Blade is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Circular hole drilled through upper butt. Just above this hole is a notch another attempt at a drilled hole that has broken along the proper right side. Long beach written on front and back.

Complete pounamu adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the proper right back corner and poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.