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Broken pounamu chisel, poll not present. Dark green in colour with high transparency. Surface is ground on the back and bruised on the front. Bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp, with a chip missing off the proper left side.

Broken pounamu chisel, poll is not present. Dark green and mid green in colour. Surface is ground. Cutting edge is slightly oblique and sharp. Bevel on each side, demarcated by a straight line on one side and a curved line on the other.

Piece of broken worked pounamu, possibly a chisel. Mid green in colour. Surface is ground on one side and bruised on the other, with sawing marks on one side edge. Cross section is rectangular. Broken at each end, one end tapered and bevelled, possibly indicated a broken cutting edge.

Broken toki (Butt, part of the blade and part of the bevel present). Roughly rectangular. Narrows in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground with flake scars. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is flat and demarcated from the blade by a clear ridge. The cutting edge is missing.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Narrowing in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground. Saw mark and seam on the proper left side. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and oblique

Complete toki.Oval. Narrowing in the sides slightly towards the poll. The surface is ground. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is blunt and curved

Complete toki. Asymmetrical cross section. Front of blade has distinct flake scars (quite deep), and back of blade has vertical flake scarring (also quite deep). There is also a small hole at the top portion. No differentiation between blade and butt. Unsure where bevel lies on this blade. (not visible).

Complete pounamu adze Cross-section is oval. The surface is ground. There is no differentiation between the butt and blade. The bevel is demarcated by two curved lines that meet in the middle of the back. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu adze Cross-section is rectangle. The surface is ground with flaking on the back. Both the front and back are bevelled. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Piece of worked pounamu, use unknown. Burnt, silver, light grey, light green in colour. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross section is rectangular. Tapers toward the proximal end, with a sawing mark and a projection on one side edge. Sawing marks along both side edges toward the distal end.

Complete adze. The cross-section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the surface changes from ground to flaked. The bevel is demarcated by an oblique ridge. The cutting edge is straight and sharp but it has quite a few chips along it, with two major ones on either side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on front and back, surface is bruised on sides and butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. "Nth Taieri" written on front.

Complete adze. Stone (doesn't look like pounamu to me). Black. Cross-section is semi-circular, with front flattened. Surface is ground, with some light bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Southland? written on back.

Broken pounamu adze, blade remaining. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground and flaked with sawing marks on proper right side. Butt is not present. There is no obvious bevel. Cutting edge is sharp on proper right, but has been flaked away on proper left side. "Akatore. N.Z" inscription

Complete adze. Mid green and mid grey pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, sawing mark down proper left side, some bruising on proper right. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper right side straight, but proper left side tapers towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is oblique and lightly curved. "Akatore. N.Z." written on front.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground. There is flaking at the poll and on the back, next to the bevel. There is minor delineation between blade and poll, with the sides tapering towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt, with chipping.

complete Roughly rectangular blade becoming oval at the butt. Narrowing in the side towards the poll. The surface is ground. Minor differentiation between the blade and the butt, with slight reduction on the butt. The bevel is curved and demarcated by a visible ridge. The cutting edge is curved, oblique and sharp.

Complete koropepe pendant. Mid-green takiwai pounamu with high translucency. Surface is polished. Carved on both sides. Body is indicated by a spiral with a perforation at the centre. Face at the proximal end, with an incised eye and mouth indicated by a sawing mark and perforation. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end.