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broken (butt and a section of the blade is present. roughly oval The surface is mostly ground with some flaking and bruising. No clear differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel, cutting edge and parts of the blade are not present.

broken (bevel and small section of blade are present) oval The surface is mostly ground with some chips. Butt is not present. The bevel is slightly curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is missing.

incomplete roughly rectangular The surface is flaked with some ground surfaces. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and distinguishable from the blade by a change from grinding to flaking. The cutting edge is damaged or incomplete. There is the remnants of a small star label on the front

roughout roughly trapezoidal The surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. There is no clear and obvious bevel, and the cutting edge is incomplete.

Broken (butt and section of blade present oval The surface is bruised with some ground and flaking. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. Most of the blade, bevel and cutting edge are not present.

incomplete rectangular The surface is flaked, with small patch of ground on the bevel, and a little bit of bruising. No differentiation between butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is incomplete.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical at break; oval at blade Surface is ground with bruising around edges and break. Butt heavily chipped away. Bevel is demarcated by faint lines extending from corners to meet in centre of blade.

complete rectangular The surface is mostly bruised with some ground surfaces. Minor differentiation between the butt and the blade, with a small reduction from blade to butt. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, sharp and lightly chipped.

Broken adze, butt remaining. Dark grey stone. Cross-section is square near the poll and asymmetrical where the blade has broken off. Surface is bruised and flaked. Blade is not present so there is no obvious differentiation between the butt and the blade.

Piece of worked stone, possibly pumice. Sawn flat on two sides. Slightly reduced on two edges, possibly from lashing or other usewear?

Mostly complete light grey stone patu, small part of butt broken off. Possibly a reworked adze as there is an obvious bevel demarcated by a ridge on one side and blade edge shows usewear. Perforation at butt, drilled from both sides. Hexagonal cross section. Surface is ground and bruised.

Complete adze. Basalt. Mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, light flaking on proper left side and poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Tarewai Point written on front and back.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground with some flaking and bruising. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is curved and chipped but sharp.

Complete adze. The cross section is plano-convex with the front flattened. The surface is predominantly ground with some bruising and chipping along the sides. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line on the back and a ridge at the sides. The cutting edge is straight and sharp but chipped at the proper right corner.

Complete adze Trapezoidal cross-section. Back narrower than front. The blade is ground with some bruising and flaking on the sides and poll. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper towards the poll. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze Trapezoidal cross-section. Back narrower than front. The blade is ground, with some bruising and flaking on the front and sides, concentrated around the butt. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper slightly towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a faint line. The cutting edge is sharp, straight and angled. There is a small chip on the proper left of the cutting edge.

Complete adze Rectangular cross-section. The blade is ground on the front and back at the bevel end. The sides are ground with some bruising and flaking. The butt end of the front and the surface past the bevel on the back are unground stone. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides taper towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a shift from ground stone on the bevel, to unground stone. The blade is sharp, curved and lightly chipped.

Broken adze. Poll end not present. Triangular cross-section. The blade is partially ground on the bevel and front. The surface is primarily flaked and unground stone. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides taper towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a faint line, and a transition from ground to unground stone. The blade is sharp, curved and lightly chipped.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground on lower blade, with areas of bruising, becoming more bruised and flaked towards butt, mostly bruised on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front edges reduced, front slopes towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, small chips along cutting edge, large chip towards proper right side. Partial sticker remaining on back. "Sumner" written on front.