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Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey and black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and bruised on all other surfaces. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, and front reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Some chips along cutting edge. Otago written on front, and white sticker on front.

Complete adze. Light grey stone. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross section is rectangular. Sides taper toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a change in surface. Indentation at centre of bevel. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Broken adze, blade remaining. Light grey rock. Surface is ground and flaked. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken adze, part of butt not present. Light grey rock. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross section is rectangular. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp.

Complete adze. Mid grey and mid brown stone. Surface is flaked and ground. Cross section is rectangular. Sides taper toward the poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but chipped.

Complete adze. Dark grey rock. Surface is flaked and ground. Cross section is square. Minor differentiation between butt and blade; reduction and bruising at the shoulders. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is not present.

Broken adze, lower blade remaining. Dark grey. Surface is flaked and ground. Cross section is rectangular. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken adze, small part of blade remaining. Dark grey rock. Surface is ground. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Broken adze, part of blade remaining. Light grey rock. Cross section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and bruised on back. Bevel is demarcated by a change in surface. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken adze, cutting edge and proper right side not present. Black rock. Surface is flaked and ground. Cross section is plano-convex. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line.

Complete adze. The cross section is plano-convex with the front flattened. The surface is ground with some bruising. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the butt is more bruised than the blade and the proper left hand side has a slightly raised shoulder before tapering in. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge at the chin. The cutting edge has significant flakes along it but is still sharp and is straight.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is bruised. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the sides taper in towards the poll and a slightly raised shoulder on the proper left hand side. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is curved and straight with flaking along it and a chip missing from the proper right hand side.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface on the front and back is ground but the sides are flaked. There is no major differentiation between the butt and the blade, only a very slight tapering in of the sides The blade is continuous with the bevel. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with two major chips; one on the proper left hand side and one in the middle.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Broken adze, missing poll and most of butt. Light grey, dark brown stone. The cross-section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly bruised with flake scars. There is a distinct shoulder on the front of the blade, and a reduction of the stone on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is mostly flaked but the proper right side is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is blunt and flaked.

Complete unfinished adze. Dark grey stone. The cross-section is asymmetrical. The surface is flaked and bruised with a ground area on the front of the blade. The stone of the butt is reduced on the proper right. The bevel is demarcated by a line of flake scars. The cutting edge is straight and irregular.

Complete but unfinished stone fishhook point. Stone is rough and flaked.

Complete stone pendant. Previously broken in two pieces at the proximal end and glued back together. Drilled suspension hole. Kinked edges.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid green, cream. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on lower blade and butt. Flaking on butt and proper left side of back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Papatowai written on front and back.