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Complete pounamu pendant. Light green, dark grey, and silver kawakawa variety. Surface is ground. Elongated oval shape. Proximal end is rounded with an oblique reduction. The suspension hole is drilled from both sides and off-centre. Tapered to the distal end, with a bevel-like reduction on one side.

Pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green kahurangi variety. Surface is ground smooth. Suspension knob at the proximal end. Rounded projection on one side edge.

Complete pounamu pendant. Cream and light brown, oxidised, ground surface. Proximal end is rounded, with an off-centre suspension hole drilled mostly from one side. Centre of the pendant tapers inward on both side edges. Distal end is flat and straight.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the poll and bruising on the back. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with flaking at the poll. There is no bevel evident. The cutting edge is chipped off.

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break. There are sawing marks on the proper left side and the back of the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is trapezoidal, with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground, with flaking along the proper right side. There are sawing marks on the proper left side. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with bruising on the sides and poll. There are light sawing marks on the proper left side. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

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

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Kaikoura" written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is ground, bruising on poll end. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight, slightly oblique. "Kaikoura" written on back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground, flaking around broken edge. Sawing mark down proper left. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped."Kaikoura" written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on front and back, some bruising on sides and sawing mark down proper left side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, poll oblique. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped, chipped on proper right side. "Kaikoura" written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with areas of bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Kaikoura" written on front.

Complete hei tiki pounamu pendant. Head turned to the proper right. A diagonal suspension hole is drilled from both sides, sloping towards the back of the tiki. Arms bent to rest on thighs, no fingers evident. Three toed feet join in the middle with three perforations distinguishing top toes and legs. Perforations distinguish arms. The small of the back has been reduced.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, mid green, dark green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, with flaking on back of butt and proper left side, bruising on front of butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, notches cut into sides, more prominent on proper right side. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and oblique, heavily chipped.

Complete pounamu chisel. Mid-green with silver inclusions. Surface is ground. Rectangular shape and cross section. Tapers toward the poll or the proximal end. Distal end is straight and blunt, with an oblique bevel demarcated by a line on each side.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll and butt. The bevel is concave, demarcated by two diagonal lines. The cutting edge is concave and sharp.

Broken adze (Blade remaining). Cross-section is circular. Surface is ground, except for where the butt fell off, which is rough. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is predominantly bruised, with some flaking on the bevel. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is partially flaked and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, chipped and blunt.