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Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Green, silver, and black kawakawa variety. Surface is ground. Tapers toward the proximal end, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides in the centre. Distal edge is oblique and chipped at one side and ground flat at the other side. Pendant has possibly been reworked from a chisel.

complete roughly lozenge. Narrows in the sides from blade towards the butt. The surface is ground. No differentiation between the butt and blade. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp.

complete rectangular, narrowing in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground. No differentiation between the butt and blade. the bevel is flat and distinguishable from the blade by a faint line. The cutting edge is sharp and oblique.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground, with some bruising on proper right side of lower blade. Sawing mark down proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper slightly towards poll, with two notches on both sides of butt. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped along cutting edge. "Temuka" written on back.

Complete adze. Rectangular cross-section. Surface is ground with heavy flaking on front and back. Butt undifferentiated from the blade. Bevel is demarcated with a straight line. The cutting edge is smooth, sharp and very slightly rounded. "Kaikai Beach" written on surface.

Incomplete adze, poll missing. Asymmetrical cross section. The surface is ground and lightly bruised. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is sharp, straight and lightly chipped.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. The surface is ground with bruising down the sides and some flaking on the top of the front Butt undifferentiated The bevel is demarcated by a ridge and curves down to the cutting edge. The cutting edge is smooth, sharp and uneven There are strong linear saw marks down each side

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section. Back narrower than front. The surface is ground and lightly bruised. Minor differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides are more angled towards the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The sides taper from the cutting edge to the butt. The cutting edge is sharp and angled.

Complete pounamu pendant. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at both ends and a large flake at the back. The proper right has sawing marks down the whole length of the pendant. The proper left has light sawing marks. Both ends are chipped.

Large broken adze, the bevel end is missing. Pounamu. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground, with large saw scars on each side and multiple flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade, and there is no bevel or cutting edge. The adze ends with a jagged flaked broken end.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Surface is ground with heavy bruising all over, and flaking on the back. The poll is flaked away on the right side proper. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by lines that meet in an apex mid-blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki. South Westland source, mid-green kawakawa variety with black inclusions. Head pointed and inclined to left. Both arms resting on thighs with no fingers outlined. Mouth, nose, elbow joints, and breasts indicated. Right eye contains some remnants of red sealing wax. Perforation drilled through back of forehead.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical at poll, rectangular at blade. Surface is ground with heavy flaking on back and bruising on butt and poll. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by very faint lines that meet in an apex mid-blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze. Plano-convex, front and back both curved. Surface is bruised. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated with a faint line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is ground on back and front lower blade, bruised on front butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper left of butt tapers towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight. "Murdering Beach" written on back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is completely ground on the front. The back is almost completely covered with rough patches, except for the blade. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and straight, chipped along sides.

Broken adze (broken at poll end). Pounamu. Dark green, light green. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground, bruising on proper left front, sawing mark down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper left side. At poll end there is a half a drilled hole. Poll is broken off where hole is drilled. "Murdering Beach" written on back.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and black with feature fractures, Barn Bay source. Surface is ground smooth. One side edge is straight and one is curved. Lenticular cross section. Tapered at the proximal end, with a knob which has a broken out suspension hole. Side edges are partially serrated and notched. Distal end is rounded.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking on the cutting edge, and poll. There are sawing marks on both sides. The bevel is delineated by two lines, joining at a shallow chin. The cutting edge is curved and blunt, with flaking on the proper left.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground and bladed on both ends. Both sides of both ends are bevelled. The tapered cutting edge is curved and sharp, the non-tapered end is straight and blunt.