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Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
Complete roughout. Stone. Green and brown. Surface is flaked and bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, front slopes down towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge at chin. Cutting edge is blunt and curved, both unfinished.
Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and light brown in colour. Bifacial retouching on both lateral margins and either end.
Complete slate knife. Surface is ground on both sides. Cutting edge is blunt and curved, with bevel on one surface. Haft end is curved.
Broken schist knife, proximal end remaining. Surface is ground on both sides. Cutting edge is not present. Haft end is curved.
Complete schist knife. Surface is bruised on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with bevel on one side. Haft end is flat.
Broken silcrete blade, proximal end remaining. Mid grey and mid brown in colour.
Silcrete flake. Dark purple and mid grey in colour.
Red silcrete core. Cortex on the right lateral margin.
Broken and split silcrete blade, medial portion and proper right lateral margin remaining. Light grey and light orange in colour. Bifacial retouch on the right lateral margin. Unifacial retouch along the split left lateral margin.
Brown silcrete core. Cortex on the dorsal face.
Complete stone gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the cutting edge. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved ad blunt.
Complete adze with part of the butt missing on the proper right side. Cross-section is rectangular. The surface is mainly bruised with minor flaking on the poll. Very small shoulder between the butt and the blade on the proper left side, proper right side of the butt is missing. The side slightly tapers in after the shoulder. The blade is demarcated by an oblique line at the chin. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp with a small chip on the proper left side.
Complete adze. Dark green stone. Surface is ground. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back and a slightly concave indentation along the back side. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "Milton" inscription on front.
Broken adze, butt remaining. Green stone. Surface is bruised. Cross-section is rectangular. Sides taper toward poll. Bevel and cutting edge are not present. "Milton." inscription.
Taoka Maori, Archaeology
Broken and split silcrete blade, medial portion and proper right lateral margin remaining. Light brown in colour.
Split silcrete blade, proper left lateral margin remaining. Light grey and white in colour.
Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining. Light brown and light grey in colour. Unifacial retouch present on both lateral margins on the ventral side.
Broken and split silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining and lower proper left lateral margin not present. Unifacial retouch present on proper left lateral margin on ventral side.
Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and mid grey in colour. Unifacial retouch present on one lateral margin on the dorsal side.
Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Mid grey and light brown in colour. Flake scars present on dorsal surface.