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Complete unfinished adze. Thin quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground, bruised and flaked. 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 bevel is demarcated by an irregular line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete gouge. Pounamu. Dark green. Cross-section is circular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight, concave. Concave the length of the front.

Broken piece of gouge, lower blade and bevel end only. Greenstone. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with flake scars at the break. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade but demarcated on the sides by ridges. The cutting edge is thing, curved and chipped.

Piece of worked pounamu. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is heavily flaked with some grounding on one side. "North Canterbury" inscription.

Complete chisel. Light green pounamu. Surface is ground and bruised, with sawing marks on proper right side. Cross-section is rectangular. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides taper toward the poll. Bevel on both front and back, each demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp. "North Canterbury" inscription.

Piece of worked pounamu. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground, with sawing marks on both sides. There appears to be an irregular line on both the front and back, possibly demarcating a bevel on each side.

Broken piece of pounamu, possibly an adze. Surface is ground on front and flaked on back. Bevel is demarcated by a line, but has mostly been flaked away. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "North Canterbury" inscription.

Broken chisel, blade remaining. Light green pounamu. Surface is ground and flaked. Cross-section is rectangular. Proper left side of the butt is not present and a large flake is missing from the proper right side; differentiation between butt and blade cannot be determined. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "North Canterbury" inscription.

Broken chisel, part of blade remaining. Dark green pounamu. Cross-section is square. Surface is ground and bruised. Butt is not present. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line and a change in surface. Cutting edge is sharp and straight. "North Canterbury." inscription

Complete mid-green pounamu pendant. Off-centre suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end. Straight and both the proximal and distal edges are rounded.

Complete adze. Plano-convex cross-section with the front flattened. The surface is bruised and flaked. There is a reduction in the stone on the sides of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade, and the cutting edge is curved and chipped.

Complete pounamu adze. Surface is ground. Cross-section is rectangular. Reduction in the top of the butt. Poll is flaked. Bevel is demarcated by a concave indentation surrounded by a line with two lines on either side. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp. "Dunedin District." inscription on the back. Illegible inscription in pencil on the front of blade.

Complete light green pounamu adze. Surface is ground. Cross-section is rectangular. Reduction on back and sides of butt. Bevel is demarcated by two lines. Cutting edge has been flaked away. "Dunedin District." inscription

Worked pounamu, possible unfinished pendant. Circular cross-section and ground surface. The distal end comes to a sharp point. The proximal end flattens out, and there is a slight drill mark on one side.

Broken pounamu pendant, broken at the proximal end. Mid-green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground with some cracks and chips. Rectangular cross section. Proximal end shows evidence of a drill mark or a broken out suspension hole. Tapered to a sharp point at the distal end.

Complete pounamu pendant, possibly reworked from a chisel. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with flaking on cutting edge. On the proper right there are light sawing marks.

Pounamu pendant, piece broken off at the distal end. Mid green with high translucency. Surface is ground and flaked. Projection knob at the proximal end (appears to have been reworked from a broken suspension hole). Kinked just below the projection.

Broken pounamu chisel, blade remaining. Surface is ground. Light green and dark green in colour, mottled near the butt. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Mostly complete pounamu chisel, poll is not present. Mid green in colour. Surface is ground, with some bruising on the back near the butt. Sawing marks on proper left side. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete pounamu chisel. Mid green in colour. Surface is ground. Polished sawing marks on both sides. Bevel is demarcated by a line on both sides. Cutting edge is chipped.