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Fragment of chisel or gouge, blade end.

Fragment of chisel or gouge, butt end.

Fragment of chisel or gouge, blade end.

Fragment of chisel or gouge.

Fragment of chisel or gouge, blade end.

Unfinished hei tiki. There is a notched groove at the proximal end of the hei tiki. The pendant is roughly shaped with grooves at the neck, arms and legs. The grooves at the leg go through the pounamu.

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. 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.

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.

Mostly complete pounamu hei tiki. Dark green and light brown. Surface is ground, with large flake broken off bottom proper right leg. Head is tilted to the proper left side and large in proportion to body. Suspension hole drilled mostly from the back, on knob at top of head. Deep-set eyes carved. Mouth and tongue indicated by shallow grooves. Arms curved outward with hands resting on thighs. Legs joined at the bottom. Perforations at arms and legs. Bevel on both sides of the distal edge resembles a cutting edge, indicating that this may have been reworked from an adze.

Complete adze Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface of front and back are ground, with areas of natural roughness on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Slightly reduced on proper left side. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. The back and front are almost entirely ground, with natural rough patches on the PL side. There is flaking on the PR side, which extends from the side of the cutting edge up to the poll. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and curved, flaked on the PR side.

Complete adze. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is ground. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the proper left side has a lug and tapers towards the poll. The blade is demarcated by a curved ridge at the chin with a second ridge slightly higher up. The cutting edge is straight and sharp. There is a minor chip on the proper right hand side.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some areas of natural roughness at poll and along proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Proper left poll has been reduced. Bevelled on front and back. Front bevel is small, and demarcated by a straight line. Back bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken adze. Portion of cutting edge and lower blade remaining. Not enough remaining to tell cross-section of whole adze. Surface is ground. Butt not present. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge sharp and straight.

Rectangular fragment of schistose pounamu. There is a piece of paper adhered to one side that reads "Found at Milford So? 1892"

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.