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Complete pounamu chisel. Dark green in colour. Surface is ground, with a polished sawing mark on one side. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp, with a bevel demarcated by a line on each side.

Complete chisel. Cross-section is rectangular. The surface is ground The bevel is concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Piece of pounamu/nephrite. Mid-green kawakawa variety. It is unclear what the function of the taoka is, whether a fishhook point, drill point, or a broken pendant. One end has a diagonal break across top. There is a kink almost half-way down the taoka, and then it tapers to a point at the other end.

Incomplete adze(s) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front, back and poll have large areas of natural roughness. Sawing marks cut into front and back, about a quarter of the fro the proper left side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. The sawing marks make it appear as if this adze was being turned into 2 separate tools. Cutting edge and bevel finished on either side of the sawing marks.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground with flaking on the back. There are light sawing marks on the proper left. The bevel is demarcated by a diagonal straight line. The point is straight and blunt.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on lower blade, bruised on other surfaces. Sawing mark down proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, proper right side reduced around mid blade, before flaring and ultimately reducing towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Waikouaiti" written on front and back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and lower portion of front. Surface is bruised on upper portions of adze. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper to poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, though demarcated by surface change. The cutting edge is sharp and curved, though chipped on the proper right side.

Complete adze. Rectangular. The surface is ground with heavy flaking on the poll, under the shoulder on the right and across the back. Butt has major differentiation from the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The blade is straight and sharp, with the proper left corner and middle of the back flaked away.

Complete hafted adze Cross section is circular. Surface is ground. Butt not visible due to binding which connects adze to haft. Bevel is demarcated by a line and is concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Hafted adze. Adze is connected to a simple, light brown, wooden, straight haft. "Purakanui" written on the blade

Pounamu flake that is mid green and light green in colour. There is some retouching but no cortex present.

Complete adze Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface of the blade is mostly ground and surface of the butt is bruised and flaked. Differentiation between the butt and blade. Sides are tapered toward the poll and slightly reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge, with a indentation in the centre. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green tangiwai variety. Chatoyant with high translucency. Surface is ground. Cross section is lenticular. Tapered and rounded at each end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at proximal end.

Complete pounamu pendant with a red cord necklace attached. Dark green tangiwai variety, highly translucent. Surface is ground smooth. Straight with rounded edges. Tapering toward the proximal end, which has an off-centre suspension hole. Distal end is curved with a slight bevel-like reduction on one side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some flaking on sides and back and some bruising at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Mainly kawakawa variety but also touch of totoweka at proximal end. Medium green with black inclusions, orange-brown at proximal edge and light brown at distal end. Surface is ground. Cross section is rectangular. Suspension hole drilled from both ends at the proximal end. Distal end is slightly oblique with rounded sides.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, mid brown, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Back of adze is concave. Surface is ground, with some flaking on back edges and on poll, some bruising on bevel. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll and front slopes down towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip missing from proper right side of cutting edge. Cutting edge is narrower than widest point of blade.

Fragment of chisel or gouge, blade end.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on back, and flaking on sides. Minor differentiated between butt and blade, proper left side tapers towards poll, proper right side does not taper. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved, also slightly oblique. Sticker on back reads "G. H Attwood Toitois".

Complete adze. The cross section of the blade is rectangular. The cross section of the butt is approximately plano-convex with the back flattened. The surface is ground. There is a textured gold mark on the proper left side near the butt which resembles a fingerprint. The butt is differentiated by a reduction of the front at the shoulder, and a transition from rectangular to plano-convex cross section. There are three, transverse, finger shaped valleys across the front of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight but asymmetrical with the proper left side of the blade shorter than the proper right side. The edge is blunt.

Complete adze. Dark green and light brown pounamu. Surface is ground with some bruising. Cross-section is lenticular. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Tuapeka Mouth" inscription on back