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Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, mid green, and cream. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, with some bruising. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming shoulder. Poll flares out. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip on proper left side. Lightly chipped along cutting edge. "Kaikai's Beach" written on front and back.

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Pounamu flake that is mid green and light green in colour. There is some retouching but no cortex present.

Complete silcrete blade that is dark red and cream in colour. There is significant flaking on both ventral and dorsal surface, with major flakes by the proximal end of the distal surface. There is some minor retouching on the proper right lateral margin of the dorsal surface.

Broken silcrete blade that has the medial portion present. It is cream and light red in colour. There is unifacial retouching on both lateral margins on the dorsal surface.

Broken porcellanite blade that has the proximal end remaining. It is dark brown and red in colour. There is a flake scar on the dorsal surface, where some of the remaining cortex has been flaked.

Broken silcrete blade that has the distal end remaining. It is dark brown in colour. There is minor flaking on the proper right lateral margin of the dorsal surface.

Broken silcrete blade that has the medial portion remaining. It is mid grey and light brown in colour. There is flaking near the distal end on the ventral surface. There is unifacial retouching on the proper right lateral margin of the ventral surface.

Complete silcrete blade that is mid grey in colour. The dorsal surface has flake scars near the distal end, while the ventral surface has flake scars across it. There is unifacial retouching on both lateral margins of the ventral surface.

Broken silcrete blade that has the proximal end present. It is mid brown and light grey in colour. There is some flaking near the proximal end on the dorsal surface. There is minor unifacial retouching on the proper right lateral margin of the ventral surface.

Broken silcrete blade that has the proximal portion remaining. It is dark red and mid brown in colour. There is flaking on the proper left lateral margin of the ventral surface, as well as near the proximal end of the dorsal surface. There is minor retouching on the proper left lateral margin of the ventral surface also.

Complete silcrete blade that is dark grey in colour. There is flaking on the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on both lateral margins of the ventral surface.

Complete silcrete blade that is dark grey and light grey in colour. There is some bruising on the dorsal surface. There are flake scars on the ventral surface. The proper left lateral margin of the ventral surface has unifacial retouching.