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Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. The back side is ground, very small patches of natural roughness near the cutting edge on the PR side. Front side has large patches of natural roughness, mostly on the PL side. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Complete pounamu adze. Light green and dark grey. Surface is ground smooth with some bruising on the butt. Tapered to the butt. Sawing mark along the proper right side. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, mid brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of lower blade is ground, bruised on back and butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "F" written on front.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground and bladed on both ends. The proper right side is flaked. Both sides of both ends are bevelled. The tapered cutting edge is flaked off, the non-tapered end is straight and blunt with heavy chipping.

Broken pounamu gouge. The cross section is hexagonal. The surface is ground with natural flaking at the poll and flaking at the cutting edge. Two of the sides on the proper right have sawing marks. The bevel is demarked by a curved line. The cutting edge is broken.

Broken pounamu gouge. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll and on the proper left front of the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and broken.

Broken pounamu gouge, only lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the bevel. The bevel is demarked with a curved line. The cutting edge is curved and chipped.

Broken pounamu gouge, only lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the bevel and front. The bevel is demarked by two diagonal lines. The cutting edge is broken off.

Broken pounamu chisel, only lower blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with bruising on the broken edge. The bevel is demarked by a straight line. The two sides both have sawing marks. The proper left has a sawing mark on the back. The proper right has sawing marks on the top and bottom. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken pounamu chisel, only middle of blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with bruising on the broken edge. Flaking and bruising instead of cutting edge. There is no bevel demarked.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll. There are sawing marks on opposite sides. The point is sharp.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with bruising on the proper right back. The bevel is demarked by two diagonal lines. The cutting edge is flaked off.

Broken pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the back and at the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is chipped and sharp.

Broken pounamu pendant, with flaking on both ends. The cross section is asymmetric, with the poll end rectangular and the cutting edge circular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the poll and cutting edge. The blade has two bevels, both of which are demarcated by curved lines. The cutting edge is chipped off.

Broken pounamu adze, one side of cutting edge remaining. Cross-section is oval. Silver, mid green and dark grey in colour. Surface is smooth. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. Bevel is continuous on both sides.

Complete adze The cross-section is rectangular at both ends of the adze. The surface is completely ground The sides taper towards the poll. The cutting edge is sharp. The bevel is demarcated by a slanted upwards line.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is trapezoidal with the front narrower than the back. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll. There is bruising on the back. Sawing marks are evident on the proper left. The bevel is demarked by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and chipped on both the proper right and proper left.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is oval. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll. The bevel is demarked by a straight line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll. There is bruising at the bottom of the blade, on both the front and back. The proper right has sawing marks. The bevel is demarked by a change in surface, from ground to bruising. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is lozenge. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll. The bevel is demarked by a straight line The cutting edge is straight and sharp.