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Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and silver kawakawa variety with black inclusions. Surface is ground. Proximal edge is squared off with a notch. Suspension hole is drilled from both sides. Distal end has a curved, tapered, chisel-like edge.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the front. There is sawing marks on the proper left. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Piece of pounamu/nephrite. Mid-green kawakawa variety. It is unclear what the function of the taoka is, whether a fishhook point, drill point, or a broken pendant. One end has a diagonal break across top. There is a kink almost half-way down the taoka, and then it tapers to a point at the other end.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki, kawakawa variety, dark green. Head tilted to the right with suspension hole at top centre, drilled from rear. Eyes incised, nose and mouth worn but tongue protrudes over lower lip. Arms with distinctive elbows and forearms with three fingered hands sitting on thighs. Legs folded together beneath body. Grooves on torso. Perforations at arms and legs. Rear side flattened from an original surface with some bruising/flaking at the head.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with faking on the large bevel at the back. Both ends are bevelled on both sides. The large bevel is demarcated by diagonal straight lines. The smaller cutting edge is bevelled on the back demarked by a diagonal line. The bevel on the top is continuous with the blade. Both cutting edges are straight and sharp.

Broken pounamu gouge, blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with faking on the back. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with faking on the poll and cutting edge. There is paper residue on the front. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line with the accession number written on the bevel. The cutting edge is chipped.

Two complete pounamu pendants, tied together with red cloth. One pendant is dark green, with a ground surface. Oval shape with a lenticular cross section. Indentation on one side edge of the distal end. Suspension hole at the proximal end, but difficult to determine more about it due to cloth. Other pendant is dark green, with a ground surface and a rectangular shape and cross section. Tapered to the proximal end, which has a suspension hole. Distal end is chipped on one side. Cloth is dark red with some light brown on edges. Frayed and tied in several knots.

Broken adze (large fragment lower blade missing). Pounamu. Mid green and light green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground with some bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, and what remains of cutting edge is sharp and curved. Large portion of proper left of lower blade is missing. "Warrington" written on front and back.

Complete chisel. Cross-section is rectangular. The surface is ground The bevel is concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is mostly ground with some bruising. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved. The blade tapers from the cutting edge to the butt.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with some flaking at the poll and one flake on the front. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is curved and blunt. There is some chipping along the cutting edge.

Complete hei tiki. Dark green nephrite/kawakawa pounamu/South Westland. Small, made with metal tools. Head rests on right shoulder. Heart- shaped mouth; no eyebrows; nose indicated. Hour glass perforation in centre forehead. Right hand with three fingers and thumb rests on stomach. Left hand with three fingers rests on thigh. Pierced between upper arms/body and between legs/abdomen both sides. Base rounded with notch at point where feet meet. 3 toes indicated each foot.

Complete pendant. Takiwai pounamu. Straight with flattened oval cross section. Surface is ground and polished. Parallel sided with rounded distal end. Proximal end rounded and perforated - wide uneven sided hole.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant, tip of distal end broken off. Light green in colour. Suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from both sides. Wavy edges at the centre, tapering and curved to the distal end.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front and back of adze is ground, sides are rougher. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides heavily reduced, flaring out at the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line, and is slightly concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete minnow lure shank. Dark green and black pounamu, ground smooth. Triangular cross section. Perforation at the head, drilled from both sides. Head comes to a point. Tapers toward the base, which has cut marks on one side and a flattened reduction on the top edge.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with bruising on the front at the shoulder and. Chipped on the poll and the edge of the right side proper on the back. The butt has minor differentiation, with the shoulder tapering in slightly. The bevel is demarcated by a line and is slightly curved. The cutting edge is slightly curved, sharp and smooth.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green in colour. Heart-shaped, modern design with a metal ring through the suspension hole, which has been drilled from both sides. Reduced at the centre of the proximal end.

Complete koropepe pendant, carved on both sides. Kawakawa variety of pounamu, mid-green in colour. Surface is ground. Body is curved in a spiral, with a perforation at the centre. Face at the proximal end, with a mouth indicated by a notch and eyes filled with red sealing wax. Suspension hole at the back of the head, drilled from both sides.