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Possibly a broken adze (butt remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is rough. Blade not present.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated, sides taper toward poll. Bevel is demarcated by a straight angled line. Cutting edge is straight on an angle, smooth and sharp.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground. There is flaking at the poll and on the back, next to the bevel. There is minor delineation between blade and poll, with the sides tapering towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt, with chipping.

Complete adze. Stone (doesn't look like pounamu to me). Black. Cross-section is semi-circular, with front flattened. Surface is ground, with some light bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Southland? written on back.

Broken pounamu adze, blade remaining. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground and flaked with sawing marks on proper right side. Butt is not present. There is no obvious bevel. Cutting edge is sharp on proper right, but has been flaked away on proper left side. "Akatore. N.Z" inscription

Complete adze. Mid green and mid grey pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, sawing mark down proper left side, some bruising on proper right. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper right side straight, but proper left side tapers towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is oblique and lightly curved. "Akatore. N.Z." written on front.

Complete adze. White and dark grey stone. Surface is ground with flaking on the sides. Cross-section is rectangular. Sides are reduced on the butt and taper toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is oblique sharp. "Dunedin." inscription.

Complete adze. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised around the butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, with sides reduced to form shoulders and major reduction in the back of the butt. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp. "Dunedin" inscription.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and lower portion of front. Surface is bruised on upper portions of adze. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper to poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, though demarcated by surface change. The cutting edge is sharp and curved, though chipped on the proper right side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is partially ground down front and sides, heavy bruising where not ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper left side reduces slightly at poll end of butt. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and oblique. "Purakanui" written on back.

Incomplete greenstone gouge, blade and bevel end only. The cross-section is circular. The surface is ground with some flake scars. The bevel is oval, flaked, and demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is curved and chipped.

Complete pounamu chisel. Mid green in colour. Surface is ground, with sawing marks visible on both sides (polished smooth). Distal end comes to a dull point and has a bevel demarcated by a line.

Complete roughout. Pounamu. Light green, and mid green. Cross-section is lenticular, oval at butt. Surface is flaked and bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Presumed bevel (side with no inscription) is flaked and unfinished, cutting edge is blunt and curved, also unfinished.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Pounamu. Dark green and green. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is ground. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is edge is sharp and curved, corners angled.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Dark green and green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground except at poll (where possibly broken). Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper slightly. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Cross-section is oval (almost circular). Surface is ground except at poll (possibly where broken). Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and very curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface of the blade is mostly ground and surface of the butt is bruised and flaked. Differentiation between the butt and blade. Sides are tapered toward the poll and slightly reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge, with a indentation in the centre. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

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 unfinished greenstone adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with small flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular oblique line. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped. There is a shallow hole bored into the butt on the back.

complete rectangular, narrowing in the sides from blade to butt. The surface is ground. No differentiation between the butt and blade. The bevel is slightly curved and faintly distinguishable from the blade by a faint line. The cutting edge is mostly straight and sharp Distinctive mineral inclusions