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Broken pounamu gouge, distal end remaining. Dark green in colour. Surface is ground. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge and indentation. Cutting edge is sharp.

Complete gouge. Cross-section is circular. Surface is ground. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and curved.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll and on the point. The point is blunt.

Broken pounamu gouge, blade remaining. Light green and cream in colour. Surface is ground with sawing marks on one side. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is chipped.

Broken piece of a pounamu gouge or drill point, distal portion remaining. Light green and mid green in colour. Surface is ground. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Distal edge is tapered and sharp.

Broken adze (blade remaining) Cross-section is circular. Surface is smooth. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and curved.

Pounamu gouge. Dark green in colour. Surface is ground with some bruising on one side. Small part broken off the proximal end. Distal end comes to a blunt point, with a bevel demarcated by a line.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground. There is flaking on the front and back of the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken gouge (butt broken off). Pounamu. Mid green, light green, and white. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground, rough on broken edges. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line, and is concave. Cutting edge is chipped. Tarewai II written on front.

Broken pounamu chisel, distal end remaining. Light green and light yellow in colour. Surface is ground smooth. Back side is flat. Tapered to a blunt point, with usewear on the distal edge.

Broken pounamu gouge, distal portion remaining. Light green in colour. Surface is ground. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Broken pounamu gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at the break. The bevel is demarcated with a curved line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Broken pounamu gouge, poll remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at the break. There is bruising at the poll. The bevel and cutting edge are flaked off.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green and white. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with areas of natural roughness, flaked on poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Front of poll flaked so it slopes downwards. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp curved. Otago written on back.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green and light brown, translucent with inclusions. Cross section is lenticular. Surface is ground smooth, with some bruising on one side of the proximal end. Pendant is rectangular, tapering to the proximal end with an oblique edge. Four complete suspension holes, two drilled mostly from the front and two drilled mostly from the back. Evidence of a broken out suspension hole on the proximal edge.

Complete rough-out. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on the grey areas. All copper coloured areas are naturally rough. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, area around butt is rough. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is blunt and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface has rough patches spread across a lot of the surface. Most of the front is ground, with two rough patches on the top and bottom. The bevel has a rough patch which extends across most of the surface. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is blunt and curved, quite heavily flaked.

Complete adze. Rectangular Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation, sides are reduced. Bevel is demarcated with faint line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and flat, angled toward the right side proper.

Broken adze. Cutting edge and blade present broken at poll end. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is ground and bruised. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade but the sides taper markedly towards poll end. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is sharp, angled and lightly chipped.