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Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, white, light green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, light bruising on poll end of butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, and back reduced slightly. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Dart R. written on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green and light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some patches of flaking on proper right and proper left sides. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, reduction on proper left front corner, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, very lightly chipped. Dart R. written on back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, mid green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some flaking on sides and poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Dart R. written on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, some flaking on proper right side and on front and back of butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Dart R. written on front.

Worked fragment. Pounamu. Cross-section is roughly lozenge shaped. Surface is mostly ground, with areas of flaking around sides and on back. No discernible butt. Sides and lower blade on both front and back have been bevelled.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, light grey. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is ground with some bruising on back and butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Sides of butt taper towards poll, which is curved to the proper left side. Bevel on front is demarcated by a line, main bevel on back is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Glenorchy written on front.

Complete adze Cross-section is slightly trapezoidal, with back narrower than front Surface is ground with some bruising on the back near the butt Differentiation between butt and blade, sides are strongly tapered toward the butt Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight

Complete adze. Significant chip missing from front and proper left of butt. Rectangular cross section. Almost entirely ground, some bruising on proper right side. Major differentiated of butt by significant reduction of sides, and slight reduction of front. Bevel is continuous with blade. The bevel is convex with flake scars. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising down proper right of front, and back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Camp Hill written on back.

Complete unfinished chisel. Plano-convex cross-section with the front flattened. The surface is flaked on the front, and ground and flaked on the back. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The proper left side of the bevel is demarcated by a light ridge, and the proper right by a flake scar. The cutting edge is curved and chipped.

Broken adze. Lower blade remaining. Rectangular cross section. The surface is almost entirely ground. Flaking on front proper left edge of blade, and on bevel. Flaking also on front near break. Abrading on lower, proper left side. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by slight ridge and flake scars. Edges of proper left side flattened.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Light green, mid green, dark green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, bruised at poll. Two shallow notches run lengthwise down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "One Mile Creek Queenstown" written on front.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Mid green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, bruising on butt. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Glenorchy written on front.

Unfinished adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with bruising and flaking on the sides and the butt. The proper right side of the butt tapers in towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a light line. The cutting edge is sharp and chipped on the proper right corner.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, some bruising on proper right of front. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line, and is concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Glenorchy written on back.

Complete adze. Difficult to assess because upper portion still rough. Possibly lenticular cross section. Surface of bevel is ground. Bottom of front surface partially ground. Upper blade and butt rough and flaked. Minor differentiation of butt, sides tapering towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, but bevel is significantly more ground, whereas blade is rough and flaked.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is lightly bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, which is pointed. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Glenorchy written on back. Small sticker on front; "15"

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

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark grey, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of lower blade is ground, bruised and flaked on other surfaces. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by flaking. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, slight curve at proper left side of cutting edge. Camp Hill written on front.

Complete unfinished adze. Thin quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge to the poll. The blade has been broken in tow and repaired - there is a crack on both sides and visible adhesive in the mend on the front. The bevel is indicated by a curved oblique ground section. The cutting edge is curved and irregular. There is a small piece of paper that reads "18" or "81" adhered to the front of the blade.