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Complete chisel Cross-section is circular Surface is ground

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, white, mid brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, with some flaking on butt and back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, mid brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface of front and bevel is ground, other surfaces flaked and bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Kaka Pt/Pt Molyneux written on front.

Complete adze, lenticular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with some large flake scars and a ground area on one side of the lower blade. It is unclear which side of the adze is the front. The sides of the adze taper in from the cutting edge to the poll. There is no obvious bevel. The cutting edge is blunt and relatively straight.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front and sides is ground, surface of back is more roughly ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line.

Broken pounamu gouge, distal end of blade remaining. Surface is ground. Cross section is rectangular with rounded corners. Bevel is demarcated by a line and change in surface. Cutting edge is tapered, sharp, and curved.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, dark green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, sawing mark down proper left side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, front reduced towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, chipped.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with flaking on the proper left side with bruising on the back. The butt has minor demarcation as the sides taper towards the poll. The proper right has sawing marks. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting is curved and blunt.

Nephrite/pounamu hei tiki, kawakawa variety, dark green. Scarve cuts across top of head below top knot through which holes bored from both sides in top knot, chip on rear of head one side. Head turned to right with intricate facial features. Grooves along sides of torso. Perforations at arms and legs. Arms rest on thighs. Legs meet at the centre with three toes.

Complete inanga pounamu pendant. Surface is ground. Shape is a rounded hei matau. Suspension hole at proximal end has ben drilled from both sides. There is a stylised knob adjacent to the suspension hole. There is a blunt external barb on the bottom of the pendant.

Complete kawakawa pounamu pendant. Shape is an asymmetric adze, with a reduced cutting edge. The suspention hole at the proximal end has been drilled from the back. The cutting edge of the blade has been worn to a concave edge, forming a point on the proper left and a blunt foot on the proper right. The proper right lateral margin is reduced. The front face is rounded, with the back face flattened.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, some natural roughness present. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze Cross-section is circular. Surface is smooth. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical at poll, plano-convex with front flattened at back. Surface is ground with heavy flaking and bruising down right side proper and across back Butt has minor differentiation, sides and front have been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by lines running from each corner curved up to an apex in the centre of the blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded with minor chipping.

Complete greenstone chisel Cross-section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. The surface is ground with heavy flaking. Undifferentiated butt. Bevel is demarcated with a curved ridge. The cutting edge is heavily chipped.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Dark green/grey. Cross-section is asymmetrical, almost rectangular if not for sawing mark down proper left side. Surface is ground, sawing mark down proper left side, flaked at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper right tapers towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and angled, chipped along cutting edge. Otago written on front.

Complete gouge. Pounamu. Dark green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, front and back slope to meet at poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Otago written on front.

Incomplete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground with outer edges being bruised. Back of blade is also ground. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll/butt portion is not present on blade. Bevel is demarcated with faint line. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp.

Broken pounamu chisel, poll not present. Dark green in colour with high transparency. Surface is ground on the back and bruised on the front. Bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp, with a chip missing off the proper left side.

Broken pounamu chisel, poll is not present. Dark green and mid green in colour. Surface is ground. Cutting edge is slightly oblique and sharp. Bevel on each side, demarcated by a straight line on one side and a curved line on the other.