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Roughout of adze. Mid grey stone. Irregular quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is a small irregular patch of ground stone. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with a large chip on the proper right.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front Ground with flaking on poll and cutting edge, and minor bruising on sides. Butt has minor differentiation, sides are tapered toward poll. Bevel continuous with blade, tapering down to cutting edge. Cutting edge is curved, rough and blunt, with major chipping. Prominent saw marks on the top of the front and down the left side proper.

Incomplete Quadrangular cross-section. Front of adze is ground with flake scars. Back of adze is also ground with bruising and small flake scars. No differentiation between butt and blade as poll/butt portion is not present. Difficult to tell whether bevel is continuous on blade as blade/upper portion is broken off at bevel.

Unfinished club-shaped stone tool, unclear whether it is an adze or patu. Surface is heavily flaked, especially around the edges. Rounded blade. Tapers toward the butt. Relatively straight along one side.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section. Front of adze is bruised with minimal flake scarring, and back of adze is also bruised with flake scarring. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated with ridge - though hard to tell has adze is quite rough. Cutting edge is on an angle and very blunt.

Complete Plano-convex (front flattened) cross-section. Front of adze is very flat and bruised. Back of adze is also bruised but with more distinct flake scarring. No differentiation between blade and butt, however butt portion tapers in towards the poll. Bevel has a ridge due to flake scarring. Cutting edge is slightly rounded and blunt/jagged.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section. Front of adze is bruised with flake scars. Back of adze is also bruised with flake scars. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is rounded and is slightly sharp with chips present.

Complete Plano-convex (front flattened) cross-section. Front of adze (brown/reddish) in colour) has bruising with flake scars around outer edges. Back of adze is also bruised with distinct flake scars. No differentiation between butt and blade, however butt portion tapers in slightly towards the poll. Bevel is demarcated with ridge. Cutting edge is irregular in shape and very blunt.

Incomplete Plano-convex (back flattened) cross-section at poll portion. Front of adze has bruising and back of adze has distinct flake scars. No differentiation between blade and butt as only butt potion is present. Blade has broke off adze. No bevel is present.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with shallow lashing groove.

Partial sinker with deep transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Broken porcellanite blade with the distal end remaining. Light grey and light purple in colour.

Complete, silcrete blade. Cream and light grey in colour. Cortex on the proper right side of the longitudinal ridge of the ventral side. Large flake scars on the ventral side.

Broken silcrete blade. Proximal end remains. It is light brown in colour. Dorsal surface contains a lot of flake scars. Unifacial retouch on dorsal right side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, silver, mid grey and dark grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some flaking on back edges. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Notch cut into poll end of butt running widthwise. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Kai Kai's Beach" written on front and back.

Complete roughout (adze in two pieces, now fixed). Stone. Mid green, light grey, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front heavily reduced at end and slopes down towards poll, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge at chin, flaked and unfinished. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, also unfinished. Papatowai written on front and back.

Broken adze (fragment where blade meets butt remaining). Stone. Black, light grey. Cross-section is oval on butt side, more rectangular on blade side. Surface of blade portion is ground, bruised on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front and proper side reduced forming shoulder. Proper left side of adze has been completely ground down. Papatowai written on front and back.