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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.

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.

Complete adze. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground on front butt and lower blade, flaked around mid-section and sides. Surface is ground on back. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced with surface change from ground to flaked and then back to ground on poll. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, lightly curved at corners of cutting edge. "Sumner." written on back.

Complete adze Cross-section is trapezoidal on the blade and circular on the butt Surface is ground on the blade and slightly bruised on the butt Minor differentiation between the butt and the blade. Front and sides of the butt are slightly tapered towards the poll Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is sharp, curved, and tapered.

complete oval The surface is mostly bruised with ground bevel and front end of the blade. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and is marked by the end of a ground section and the beginning of bruising. The blade is curved and sharp.

complete Circular butt, trapezoidal blade with the front being wider than the back. The surface is ground, with slight bruising around the butt. major differentiation, the blade reduces into the butt on the front and sides forming a clear shoulder. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The blade is oblique and sharp. There is a glue patch on the front of the blade where a label appears to have once been attached.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Back is flaked except for the cutting edge, which is ground. Front is also mostly flaked except for a small ground patch on the proper right side. Both sides of the blade are ground. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, chipped. broken (bevel and small section of blade are present) rectangular, appears to thicken front to back from cutting edge towards the poll The surface is ground, with some bruising. Butt is not present. The bevel is flat, and distinguishable from the blade by a clear ridge. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp.

Incomplete, only the butt and part of the blade is present Rectangular with oval butt. The surface is ground with bruising on the butt. Major differentiation between the butt and the blade, with a reduction from the blade to butt forming a shoulder on front?, butt is concave on the front. Bevel and cutting edge have broken off.