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Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is a rectangle. The surface is ground with flaking on the front, back and proper left cutting edge. The butt has minor delineation with tapering from the cutting edge to the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green and silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and bevel, bruised on sides and back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, poll is oblique, pointed at proper right side. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper right and left sides.

Broken pounamu chisel, blade remaining. Light green. Surface is ground and flaked. Tapered to a curved, chipped cutting edge.

Broken adze (most of blade remaining). Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on front, back and upper sides, bruising on lower sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Poll appears to be broken on the proper right side, resulting in a pointed poll on proper left. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is broken off, with fragments missing from proper left and right lower blade.

Broken adze (large worked fragment). Pounamu. Light green, silver, light brown. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper heavily towards poll which is pointed. Large fragment missing from blade on proper left side. Cutting edge is curved, but very unfinished.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is mostly ground with flake scar at right side (could indicate working of shoulder). Back of blade is ground with flake scars. No differentiation between blade and butt, however fale scar could indicate shoulder being worked on the right side. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp/jagged.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground on front and back, bruising on back on butt and sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper heavily towards poll, which is pointed. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, small chip on proper right side. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green and silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised, ground on bevel and front lower blade. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, slight reduction on proper right side, proper left side taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper left side. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, light grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on proper right of back and on proper left of front, and bevel. Other surfaces are flaked and bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, which is quite pointed. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper right side. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, mid green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, some bruising on butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on front.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some bruising on sides and part of back. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. chipped on proper right side. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on front.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Pounamu. Dark green and silver. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground on front, on mid-section of back, and bevel. Sides and rest of back are bruised. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on front.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Pounamu. Light green, mid blue. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and front, bruised on other surfaces. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved, chipped. "Murdering Beach" written on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised, with some ground areas around sides and lower front. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on front and flaking on proper left side and poll. Spots of clear glaze on back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. "Murdering Beach" written on front.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is a rectangle at the cutting edge and asymmetric at the poll. The surface is ground with flaking on the proper left front and proper right back. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with some chipping.

Complete kawakawai pounamu pendant. The colour is apple green with black inclusions. The shape is a pointed blade with asymmetric serrated sides. The serrations are blunt. The suspension hole has been drilled from both sides. The point is rounded and blunt.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular, and slightly concave with distal and proximal ends raising up. There is no differentiation between butt and blade. There is a chip at the poll end, where there is a partial perforation. There is a complete perforation on the opposite side of the poll. The cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken pounamu drill point, missing half the poll. The cross section is trapezoidal, with the front narrower than the back. The surface is ground, with flaking on the break. There is a horizontal wearing across the front of the blade. The point of the drill is sharp.

Complete mere pounamu. There are five grooves on each side of the knob on the handle (proximal) ends. There are fainter grooves on either side across the perforation, which is offset since the two drill holes were not in line from either side. The distal end is rounded and sharp.