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Large broken pounamu cutting tool, most of blade remaining. Surface is ground. Two pieces of the haft have broken off; one piece has been glued back on. There is a perforation, drilled from both sides, on one end of the haft. The cutting edge is curved and blunt, with a bevel on each side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising down proper right of front and proper left of back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards butt. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Glenorchy written on back.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground, with heavy bruising and flaking. Butt undifferentiated Bevel demarcated with line. Cutting edge roughly sharp and straight.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green, light blue, and silver inanga variety. Surface is ground. Tear-drop shape with a lenticular cross section. Proximal end is tapered, reduced on one side, with a squared off edge, and a suspension hole drilled from each side.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety, high translucency. Surface is ground on one side and ground and bruised on the other side. One side edge is curve and the other side edge has two wavy indentations. Proximal end is somewhat squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Distal end comes to a point.

Complete pounamu chisel. Mid-green with silver inclusions. Surface is ground. Rectangular shape and cross section. Tapers toward the poll or the proximal end. Distal end is straight and blunt, with an oblique bevel demarcated by a line on each side.

Complete adze Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. The surface is ground, with a few flake scars. The front and proper right side is reduced. There is a saw mark on the proper left. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete roughout. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface very rough. Some grounding on front and back. No differentiation between butt and blade. Tapering of sides towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp.

Complete, unfinished adze The cross-section is rectangular at the blade and plano-convex with the front flatten at the butt. The surface is mostly ground with some flake scars and chips on the blade and butt. No distinction between butt and blade. No distinction between butt and blade.