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Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a transverse lashing groove, deep on one side and shallow on the other.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete adze. Basalt. Dark grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, sides slightly reduced. Fragment missing from proper left side of poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. North Beach Bluff written on front and back.

Complete adze Cross-section is triangular, with apex to front. Surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge only roughly finished. Bevel seems continuous with blade. Cutting edge sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, lenticular at blade. Surface is ground with bruising down both sides Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line running from corner to corner. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground with flaking. Butt has minor differentiation, sides have been reduced. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is uneven, sharp and rounded.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground, with some bruising on the upper portion of the front, and on the proper left side of the back. There is also flaking on the back of the poll. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade, the cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Basalt. Black. Cross-section is oval. Surface of front of lower blade and back are ground, butt and sides are bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Waikouaiti" written on front.

Complete adze. Black and grey stone. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than the front. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides taper toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Long Beach" inscription.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface on front is mostly ground, with a small rectangular patch of flaking on upper proper-left corner. Flaked on cutting edge as well. Back is mostly flaked except for the blade, which is ground. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and straight, chipped. Flaked on front half.

complete oval butt becoming a trapezoidal blade, front narrowing to the back The surface of the lithic is significantly bruised, ground and flaked. Significant differentiation between the butt and the blade, the blade reduces clearly from the sides forming a shoulder. The bevel is curved and made distinct from the blade by a clear ridge. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface of the front is predominantly ground with some flaking along the edges. The surface of the back is predominantly bruised, but the bevel is ground. The sides are flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line and its ground surface.

Complete adze. The cross section of the blade is rectangular, the cross section of the butt is plano-convex. It is not clear which is the front and which is the back. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is differentiated by a change in cross section. The bevel is difficult to distinguish.

Complete adze. The cross section is plano-convex with the back flattened. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, blunt and chipped.