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Complete pounamu chisel. The surface is bruised and chipped along the cutting edge. There is flaking on the proper left side. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and blunt, with chipping on the proper left corner.

Complete adze. Rectangular Surface is ground, with flaking and bruising around poll, butt and edges. Butt has minor differentiation, sides have been reduced, and front left side proper shoulder has been raised. Bevel demarcated by curved line running from corner to corner and tapering down to cutting edge. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and very slightly rounded.

Complete adze. Dark green pounamu. Cross-section is trapezoidal. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. Major reduction on the proper left side of the butt; front is tapered toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and flaked. "Ravensbourne" inscription.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki. Dark and light green kawakawa variety with chatoyant qualities on body. Head has partial heat treatment. Pointed head turns to the left, eyebrows, deep set eyes and pointed tongue which drops over lower jaw. Breasts, elbows distinctly outlined. Arms sitting on thighs but no hands or fingers outlined. Legs have three toes on each leg in centre of body. Perforation drilled from back to centre top of head.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green. Surface is ground and edges are rounded. Large suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from both sides.

Complete adze. Greenstone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground with bruising at the sides of the butt and poll. There is some distinction between the butt and the blade, with a bruised reduction in the sides of the butt and two small shoulders on the front. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with a few chips.

Complete adze. Pounamu. The cross-section is oval at the butt and lenticular at the bevel. The surface is bruised and flaked with an area of smooth on the bevel. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, asymmetrical and has a few chips.

Broken adze, blade and bevel only. Dark green and black stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground with heavy flaking at the broken end. There is no butt. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge towards the broken end. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade, demarcated on the proper left only by a light line. There is a shallow ground indentation in the back of the blade. The cutting edge is asymmetrical, curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground with heavy flaking on the right side proper of the front, and down the left side proper. Butt has minor differentiation; right side proper has been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line which curves from corner to corner. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded. Prominent sawing mark down left side proper.

Complete adze The cross-section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front at the top of the adze and rectangular at the bottom of the adze. The surface is mostly ground with some bruising on the sides. The front is reduced. Sides taper towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is chipped. There is a piece taken out of the back of the blade. The surface has a marble effect. There is a worn down line running down the bottom of the back of the blade.

Pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground with large sawing mark running the length of one side, indicating that it may have been meant to be cut in two. Distal edge has two projections with curved indentation caused by sawing mark. Tapers to the proximal end, with a broken suspension hole, drilled from both sides.

Complete pounamu adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Differentiation between butt and blade; sides tapered towards the poll, but poll is not present. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp with flake missing from centre. "Papanui Inlet" inscription

Complete pounamu adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and bruised. Major differentiation between the butt and blade; sides are reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is irregularly curved and sharp. "Papanui Inlet" inscription

Complete pounamu adze. Cross-section is trapezoidal. Surface is ground. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "Papanui Inlet" inscription

Complete pounamu adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some flaking. Differentiation between butt and blade; sides tapered towards the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "Papanui Inlet" inscription

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, mid brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of lower blade is ground, bruised on back and butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "F" written on front.

Complete adze. Mid-green pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some flaking. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade; poll is tapered. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is mostly flaked away. "Papanui Inlet" inscription

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete greenstone gouge. The cross-section is circular at the bevel and quadrangular at the butt. The surface is ground with some flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The poll is oblique and straight. The bevel is concave and demarcated by two straight lines that meet in a small curve in the middle. The cutting edge is curved.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground with some bruising on the front. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.