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Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green and white. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with areas of natural roughness, flaked on poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Front of poll flaked so it slopes downwards. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp curved. Otago written on back.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green and light brown, translucent with inclusions. Cross section is lenticular. Surface is ground smooth, with some bruising on one side of the proximal end. Pendant is rectangular, tapering to the proximal end with an oblique edge. Four complete suspension holes, two drilled mostly from the front and two drilled mostly from the back. Evidence of a broken out suspension hole on the proximal edge.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, area around butt is rough. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is blunt and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface has rough patches spread across a lot of the surface. Most of the front is ground, with two rough patches on the top and bottom. The bevel has a rough patch which extends across most of the surface. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is blunt and curved, quite heavily flaked.

Broken pounamu pendant, proximal end remaining. Pendant curves at distal end, where the tip of the pendant is broken off. There is a central perforation at the proximal end of the pendant.

Complete adze. Lenticular The surface is bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge smooth, sharp and rounded.

Complete adze. Rectangular Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation, sides are reduced. Bevel is demarcated with faint line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and flat, angled toward the right side proper.

Broken adze. Cutting edge and blade present broken at poll end. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is ground and bruised. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade but the sides taper markedly towards poll end. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is sharp, angled and lightly chipped.

Complete adze Trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. The surface is ground, with flaking around butt and back Butt undifferentiated Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge smooth, sharp and straight. Prominent saw mark/gouge down the left side proper.

Complete adze. Rectangular The surface is ground, with flaking on poll and in centre of back Butt undifferentiated Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge smooth, sharp and straight. Prominent saw mark down the right side proper.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. There is flaking on the poll and front. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated with line. Cutting edge smooth, sharp and straight, angling toward right side proper.

Incomplete adze. Trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. The surface is ground, with bruising around break Butt not present. Bevel demarcated with line. Cutting edge smooth, sharp and straight, angling toward right side proper.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground, with heavy bruising and flaking. Butt undifferentiated Bevel demarcated with line. Cutting edge roughly sharp and straight.

Broken pounamu gouge, distal portion remaining. Mid green in colour. Surface is ground. Round cross section. Bevel is demarcated by an irregular line. Distal edge tapers to a point.

Broken pounamu gouge, medial portion remaining. Mid green, silver, and black in colour. Surface is ground. Round in cross section. Remnants of bevel indicate that it is demarcated by a ridge and an indentation.

Complete pounamu chisel. Mid green in colour. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross section is rectangular. Bevel at the distal end is demarcated by a line and a change in surface. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp. There is another bevel at the proximal end on the front, also demarcated by a line.

Complete pounamu gouge. Dark green in colour. Surface is ground with sawing marks on one side. Cross section is round. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Distal end tapers to a point.

Complete chisel. Asymmetrical Surface is ground, with flaking on right side proper and around break. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated with faint line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded. Sawing mark down proper right side.

Complete pounamu chisel. Dark green and mid green in colour. Surface is ground and bruised. There is a bevel on each side, both demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Piece of worked pounamu. Dark green in colour. Surface is ground. Cross section is round, slightly flattened on one end due to a deep reduction/indentation. Both ends are broken, with a small sawing mark evident on one end.