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Broken adze, blade remaining. Mid-green pounamu. Cross section is rectangular. Surface is bruised and ground. Sawing marks visible on sides. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and extremely oblique.

Incomplete greenstone gouge, butt end absent. Circular cross-section. The surface is ground with flaking at the broken end. The bevel is oval and demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Broken pounamu chisel, one side of blade remaining. Surface is ground on remaining side and bruised on the broken side. Dark green in colour. Cross section is rectangular. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken pounamu gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break and at the cutting edge. Both sides of the cutting edge are bevelled, both bevels are demarcated by curved lines. The cutting edge is chipped off.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and brown totoweka variety, low heat treated. Rounded projection, notched on the sides for suspension. One side edge is straight and the other is curved at an angle. Distal end comes to a point.

Complete pounamu/nephrite hei tiki. Dark green kawakawa variety, low transparency, Arahura source. Head turned to left with peaked forehead, nostrils indicated, eyes well inset. Suspension hole drilled from both sides, but mostly from the back above the left eye. Three fingered hands rest on thighs and breasts indicated. Distal edge has several smoothed notches.

Broken pounamu adze lower blade only Cross-section is rectangle The surface is ground with bruising and flaking on proper right. Bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge. The cutting edge is curved, blunt and chipped.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the poll. There is a sawing edge originating at the poll. The point is chipped and sharp.

Nephrite/pounamu hei tiki, kahurangi variety, mid green and light brown, high transparency. Broken suspension hole at the top of the head. Head turned to left with cleanly defined features. Defined arms with elbows and three fingered hands sit on thighs, legs joined and lightly defined at feet.

Complete pounamu adze Cross-section is rectangle. The surface is ground with bruising on the butt. There is flaking on the poll and cutting edge. There is minor differentiation between the butt and blade as the sides are reduced. The bevel is not demarcated. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with bruising and flaking at the poll. Both sides of the blade are bevelled. Both bevels are demarcated by curved lines. The cutting edge is chipped off.

Broken pounamu drill point. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground, with bruising at the break. There are sawing marks on the proper right. The point is blunt.

Broken adze with the blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is bruised. There is a saw mark on the proper left hand side. There is no butt. The bevel is demarcated by a line at the chin. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp with minor flaking along it.

Broken pounamu pendant or gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break and on the cutting edge. There is no demarcated bevel or cutting edge.

Broken pounamu chisel, blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is bruised and flaking. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is chipped.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking on the back and poll. The blade is demarcated on the front by two diagonal line. The bevel is demarcated by a diagonal line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll and cutting edge. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, with chipping.

Broken pounamu gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is round. The surface is ground with flaking at the break. The bevel is demarcated by a concave mark. The cutting edge is curved and blunt with light chipping.

Incomplete adze. Lenticular Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated and heavily flaked away. Bevel and cutting edge not present - have been chipped off.