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Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Pounamu. Dark green, mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and bevel, bruised on back and sides. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped.

Pounamu. Dark green, mid green, light green, mid brown, cream. Surface is ground, flaking on poll areas.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is assymetrical (almost rectangular, sawing marks stick out). Surface is ground, area of bruising between butt and blade on back. Sawing marks visible on proper left and proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, front of butt tapers down towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Otago? written on front.

Broken pounamu drill point, lower blade remaining. The cross section is square. The surface is ground with bruising on the break. There are sawing marks on all four of the sides, originating above the break. The point is sharp.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. Patches of flaking along sides. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll slopes from proper-left to proper-right. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved. Large flake on proper left side of cutting edge.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green inanga variety. Surface is ground, but broken and flaked at the proximal end. Proximal end has one suspension hole broken out and another is complete, drilled from both sides. Sides edges are curved. Distal end is oblique.

Complete drill point. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground. Pointed and sharp at both ends.

Worked flake. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground.

Broken adze (Proper left side of blade remaining). Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground. Proper right side is heavily flaked. Butt is not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. Bruised and flaked along sides. Slight flaking in the proper left corner of back and bottom edge of front. Sides taper towards poll. Blade not present.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. Areas of back and front have bruising on them. Poll is also bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line.

Broken pounamu adze, lower blade remaining. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking originating from the break. There is bruising on the centre of the back. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, flaking present on upper proper right side. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and curved.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface of front and upper half of back is ground. Large rough area where blade broke off. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Blade not present.

Complete adze. Cross section is irregular but roughly rectangular. The surface is ground with some bruising on the sides of the butt. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a faint line. The cutting edge is sharp and asymmetrically curved, with the proper right side longer. There are numerous short striations along both sides of the cutting edge. There is a rectangular ridge running down the centre of the proper right side, from the cutting edge to the butt.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground. Natural rough areas on butt and sides. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground with areas of natural roughness spread across front and back. Sides taper towards poll. Blade not present.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on the front, surface on back is bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and curved.

Broken adze, butt remaining. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface on front is ground, and ground with patches of bruising on the back and sides. Sides tapered to poll end.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface of front and upper half of back is bruised. Bevel and cutting edge are ground. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade.