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Broken roughout. Basalt. Dark grey and light grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is flaked and bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Cutting edge and bevel either unfinished or broken off. Pounawea written on back.

Complete adze. Basalt. Black, light grey and mid brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, some bruising on sides and butt, flaking on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced forming small shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Pounawea written on front.

Broken silcrete blade with the proximal portion present. Light grey and mid orange in colour. Large flake on the ventral surface, and another flake on the dorsal surface. Cortex on the proper left side of the dorsal surface.

Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and dark grey in colour. Large flake at the proximal end of the dorsal side. Minor unifacial retouching on the proper left side of the dorsal surface.

Broken silcrete blade with the medial portion remaining. Mid grey and light brown in colour. Minor unifacial retouching on one of the lateral margins on the dorsal side.

Complete adze. Dark grey stone. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross-section is rectangular. Major differentiation between butt and blade; sides reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp on proper right side and broken off from mid-blade to proper left side. "Dunedin?" inscription

Complete adze. Black stone. Surface is bruised. Cross-section is rectangular. Proper left back side is reduced where butt meets the blade; sides taper toward poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "Lee Stream" inscription

Complete adze. Grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked and bruised. Minor differentiation between butt and blade; sides of the butt slightly reduced, particularly on the back and the proper left side. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but chipped. "? Nth. Canterbury." inscription on the front as well as an illegible marking in pink wax? "15/--" inscription on the back.

Complete soapstone bowl. Surface is ground smooth, with some cut or grinding marks evident on both sides of the basin. Roughly oval shaped. Two knobs, one projecting from each end, for use as handles. Each handle has a perforation drilled from each side. Small piece of one handle was broken off and glued back together.

Complete adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground on the blade with bruising on the butt and flaking on the back of the blade. There is major differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides of the butt are heavily reduced and there is a distinct line separating the butt from the blade. The poll is smooth and flat. The bevel is smooth and demarcated by an asymmetrical ridge. The cutting edge is sharp and curved with a large chip in the centre.

Complete adze. Green stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and bruised. Front and sides of the butt are reduced to form a ridge. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge has been broken off. "Logan Point" inscription.

Complete roughout. Stone. Mid grey and mid brown. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. On presumed blade end, bevel is unfinished and cutting edge is blunt and curved. Punawea written on front.

Broken adze (portion of cutting edge remaining). Stone. Mid grey. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is ground on front and bevel, flaked on all other surfaces. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, lightly chipped.

Complete adze. Greywacke. Dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, some bruising on butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. One chip towards the proper right side of cutting edge. Mataura written on back and front.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground with flake scars at left side and bruising to the right. Back of blade has flake scars as-well as being ground around bevel portion. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is very curved and sharp.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground with scratch marks. Deep trench marking at butt portion of blade. Back of blade is also ground with flake scarring present. Deep flake scarring on right side of blade. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is demarcated with a distinct ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, sides of butt and poll are bruised. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is blunt and curved.

Incomplete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. White in colour.

complete silcrete blade. Light grey in colour. Large flake scare on the dorsal surface and unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface.

Incomplete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. White in colour. Unifacial cortex on the dorsal surface.