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Complete adze. Basalt. Dark grey, mid grey, light grey. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface of back is ground, surface of front and sides are bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Tarewai.Pt is written on back.

Complete adze. Basalt. Dark grey, black. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on back, and on lower front. Flaking on upper front and sides, with small amount of bruising. Major differentiation between butt and blade, reduced on front and sides. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, with very small chips along cutting edge.

complete rectangular The surface is ground with significant bruising and flaking. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade, with a minor reduction from the blade to the butt on the front and front sides. the bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp but slightly chipped.

Basalt head of priest with ram

Unidentified stone fragment, lightly curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular on the blade and circular on the butt Surface is ground with bruising on sides and around butt Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides are tapered towards the poll Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular on the blade and asymmetrical on the butt Surface is ground with large flake off proper right side and some other flaking on the back near the butt Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides are tapered towards the poll but most of butt has been flaked off Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp with some flaking on proper left edge

Complete adze Cross-section is asymmetrical Surface is bruised and flaked throughout and ground around the bottom of the blade Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides are tapered towards the poll Bevel is slightly demarcated by a line on proper right side but flaked off on rest of adze. Cutting edge is curved and sharp

Complete adze. Rectangular Ground with flaking around edges and poll. Butt undifferentiated Bevel demarcated by faint lines running from corners toward centre of blade. Cutting edge is rounded and rough.

Complete adze Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front Surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the butt Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides are reduced Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved

Complete adze Cross-section is oval Surface is ground with some bruising on butt No differentiation between the butt and the blade Bevel is continuous with the blade, cutting edge is sharp with asymmetrical curve and a chip on the proper left

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal, cross-section of butt is oval Surface is ground with minor bruising on the butt No differentiation on the front between the blade and butt, minor differentiation on the back between butt and blade , sides are reduced to form shoulders Bevel is continuous with the blade, cutting edge is not present

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular Surface is ground on the front and on bevel, bruised and flaked on back and sides and butt No differentiation between butt and blades Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular Top surface of blade is ground, major bruising on back and butt Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides slightly reduced Bevel is continuous with the blade, cutting edge is curved with major chipping

Complete adze. Basalt. Dark grey. Cross-section is semi-circular, front flattened. Surface is ground with some bruising on sides and back on butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. The cross section is trapezoidal with the back being narrower than the front. The surface is ground with some flaking. There is minor differentiation between the butt and blade as the two sides taper in towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp but very flaked.

Incomplete Trapezoidal blade. Front of blade is ground and bruised with bevel portion having flake scars. Back of blade is heavily bruised with ground bevel. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated with ridge. Cutting edge is sharp and appears more straight than curved.

Complete Patu Onewa with smooth finish on surfaces. Lip/ridge at neck of handle. Was broken towards top of blade but has been glued back together. Wear and chipping to butt of handle and edges of blade.

Incomplete Oval butt cross-section. Front of blade (poll only) is ground with bruising at sides and flake scars. Back of blade (poll) is bruised. No differentiation between blade and butt as blade portion has broken off. No bevel is present.