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Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, dark green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, sawing mark down proper left side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, front reduced towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, chipped.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with flaking on the proper left side with bruising on the back. The butt has minor demarcation as the sides taper towards the poll. The proper right has sawing marks. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting is curved and blunt.

Complete inanga pounamu pendant. Surface is ground. Shape is a rounded hei matau. Suspension hole at proximal end has ben drilled from both sides. There is a stylised knob adjacent to the suspension hole. There is a blunt external barb on the bottom of the pendant.

Complete kawakawa pounamu pendant. Shape is an asymmetric adze, with a reduced cutting edge. The suspention hole at the proximal end has been drilled from the back. The cutting edge of the blade has been worn to a concave edge, forming a point on the proper left and a blunt foot on the proper right. The proper right lateral margin is reduced. The front face is rounded, with the back face flattened.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, some natural roughness present. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze Cross-section is circular. Surface is smooth. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical at poll, plano-convex with front flattened at back. Surface is ground with heavy flaking and bruising down right side proper and across back Butt has minor differentiation, sides and front have been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by lines running from each corner curved up to an apex in the centre of the blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded with minor chipping.

Incomplete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground with outer edges being bruised. Back of blade is also ground. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll/butt portion is not present on blade. Bevel is demarcated with faint line. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp.

Broken pounamu chisel, poll not present. Dark green in colour with high transparency. Surface is ground on the back and bruised on the front. Bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp, with a chip missing off the proper left side.

Broken pounamu chisel, poll is not present. Dark green and mid green in colour. Surface is ground. Cutting edge is slightly oblique and sharp. Bevel on each side, demarcated by a straight line on one side and a curved line on the other.

Piece of broken worked pounamu, possibly a chisel. Mid green in colour. Surface is ground on one side and bruised on the other, with sawing marks on one side edge. Cross section is rectangular. Broken at each end, one end tapered and bevelled, possibly indicated a broken cutting edge.

Broken toki (Butt, part of the blade and part of the bevel present). Roughly rectangular. Narrows in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground with flake scars. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is flat and demarcated from the blade by a clear ridge. The cutting edge is missing.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Narrowing in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground. Saw mark and seam on the proper left side. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and oblique

Complete toki.Oval. Narrowing in the sides slightly towards the poll. The surface is ground. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is blunt and curved

Broken toki (Butt, blade and bevel present). Very roughly oval. The surface is ground, with a saw cut on the proper right side. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and demarcated by a slight ridge visible only on the proper right side. The cutting edge is missing.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu adze Cross-section is oval. The surface is ground. There is no differentiation between the butt and blade. The bevel is demarcated by two curved lines that meet in the middle of the back. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu adze Cross-section is rectangle. The surface is ground with flaking on the back. Both the front and back are bevelled. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Pounamu hei matau pendant. Broken in two pieces and glued back together.

Complete pounamu hei tiki. Very light green with white spots layers. Smooth edges and shape. Head is turned toward the proper left side. Eyes, nose, lips, shoulders, and feet indicated by incised lines. Cracked brown line through the nose. Small suspension hole at the top of the head, mostly drilled from the back. On the back side, natural depression on the right shoulder.