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Complete adze Rectangular Surface is flaked and bruised Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is heavily chipped and blunt.

Incomplete adze. Rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a straight angled line. Cutting edge is straight, smooth and sharp. Proper right corner is missing.

Incomplete adze. Quadrangular. Surface is ground with flaking on sides. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is sharp, straight and heavily chipped.

Complete pounamu adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground on the blade and front. The back has flaking down the proper left. The proper left side is also flaked on the front towards the cutting edge. The proper right side has sawing marks. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, with chipping.

Broken pounamu drill point, point remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking originating from the break. There are sawing marks on the front. The back of the point is flattened, with no bevel. The point is chipped and blunt.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green kahurangi variety with white flaws and some feather flakes. Circular with a ground surface and edges. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground with some flaking and bruising on the sides and poll. The surface is speckled with black. There is a piece of paper adhered to the back with "Found by Mrs and Miss (illegible: possibly Felo?) at 202 Purakanui 2.11.04" written on it. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line at the chin. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Light green pounamu/nephrite hei tiki, inanga variety. Pointed head which is turned to left. Scarf evident on rear of head with one attempted perforation and another successfully drilled adjacent through centre of forehead. Pointed tongue sits over centre of lower lip. Sealing wax fills both eyes. Head large in relation to body. Breasts evident with elbows highlighted and hands in light relief sitting on thighs. Joined at legs.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green tangiwai variety. Surface is ground. Cross section is square. Straight suspension hole at the proximal end. Proximal and distal edges are squared off.

Incomplete greenstone adze, butt and poll possibly missing. Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised and flaked with some ground areas. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The width of the stone is fairly uniform. The bevel is continuous with the blade, and the cutting edge is straight and oblique.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and mid-green. Surface is ground. Rectangular shape with rounded edges. Perforated in the centre from two sides.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green with high translucency. Surface is ground. J-shaped, curved and rounded at the distal end. Proximal end is squared off with a skewed suspension hole drilled from both sides.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground. There is minor bruising on the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and chipped.

Piece of worked pounamu, possibly a pendant or a fishhook point. Curved to a point, the tip of which is broken off. Reduced at the proximal end.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with bruising down the blade. There is a crack through the centre of the blade, running from the proper left near the pole, to near the bevel. The bevel is demarcated by a concave wearing. The cutting edge is diagonal, a concave curve and sharp.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. Natural rough areas on butt and sides. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp an curved.

Pounamu/Nephrite pendant. Inanga variety, green-coloured stone has many lighter green/pale green patches in it. The outline on this piece is roughly that of a thin pointed leaf. Perforation is hourglass in shape and drilled from both sides. Proximal end has been rounded off. Cross section is rectangular.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised with some ground areas. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete roughout. Pounamu. Light green, silver. Cross-section of butt is oval, cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface is bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced after small ridge at shoulder, and sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, but is bruised and unfinished. Cutting edge is blunt and curved. Between head of Lake Wakatipu and Paradise written on front and back.

Complete roughout. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Reduction in stone at poll end of butt. Bevel is flaked and unfinished. Cutting edge is blunt and curved, also unfinished. "Between Head of L. Wakatipu and Paradise" written on front and back. Small sticker on back; "297".