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Broken pounamu chisel, blade remaining. Light green. Surface is ground and flaked. Tapered to a curved, chipped cutting edge.

Broken adze (most of blade remaining). Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on front, back and upper sides, bruising on lower sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Poll appears to be broken on the proper right side, resulting in a pointed poll on proper left. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is broken off, with fragments missing from proper left and right lower blade.

Broken adze (large worked fragment). Pounamu. Light green, silver, light brown. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper heavily towards poll which is pointed. Large fragment missing from blade on proper left side. Cutting edge is curved, but very unfinished.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular Surface is mostly ground with rough areas. Flaked on lower proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. White stone. Slender rectangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There are shoulders on the sides of the blade and a reduction in the stone to form the butt. There is no obvious bevel, the blade ends at a thin edge.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval Surface is mostly bruised, some ground areas. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground on front and back, bruising on back on butt and sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper heavily towards poll, which is pointed. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, small chip on proper right side. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green and silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised, ground on bevel and front lower blade. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, slight reduction on proper right side, proper left side taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper left side. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, light grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on proper right of back and on proper left of front, and bevel. Other surfaces are flaked and bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, which is quite pointed. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper right side. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, mid green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, some bruising on butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on front.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Pounamu. Dark green and silver. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground on front, on mid-section of back, and bevel. Sides and rest of back are bruised. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on front.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some bruising on sides and part of back. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. chipped on proper right side. "Murdering Beach" written on sticker on front.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Pounamu. Light green, mid blue. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and front, bruised on other surfaces. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved, chipped. "Murdering Beach" written on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised, with some ground areas around sides and lower front. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on front and flaking on proper left side and poll. Spots of clear glaze on back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. "Murdering Beach" written on front.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is a rectangle at the cutting edge and asymmetric at the poll. The surface is ground with flaking on the proper left front and proper right back. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with some chipping.

Complete kawakawai pounamu pendant. The colour is apple green with black inclusions. The shape is a pointed blade with asymmetric serrated sides. The serrations are blunt. The suspension hole has been drilled from both sides. The point is rounded and blunt.

Broken pounamu drill point, missing half the poll. The cross section is trapezoidal, with the front narrower than the back. The surface is ground, with flaking on the break. There is a horizontal wearing across the front of the blade. The point of the drill is sharp.

Complete mere pounamu. There are five grooves on each side of the knob on the handle (proximal) ends. There are fainter grooves on either side across the perforation, which is offset since the two drill holes were not in line from either side. The distal end is rounded and sharp.

Broken (blade, bevel and cutting edge present) Trapezoidal, front narrowing to the back. The surface is ground with chipped/flaked area. Sawing mark on the proper right side. The butt is missing. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is Straight, Oblique and Sharp.