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Complete adze. Stone. Black, light grey. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface and bevel and front are ground, except for area down proper left side which is bruised. Back and proper right side are bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, small chip on proper right side. Glenorchy [presumed, slightly illegible] written on back.

Complete unfinished adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with bruising and flake scars on the sides. There is no obvious butt. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge to the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a faint curved line. The cutting edge is straight and chipped.

Complete adze. Grey stone. Rounded triangular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked with bruising and ground areas on the blade. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The poll is oblique and flaked. The bevel is flaked and demarcated by an irregular ridge. The cutting edge is sharp and chipped.

Rock core that is dark brown and light green in colour. The majority of the core is cortex.

Complete fishing line and sinker. The line is plaited flax bound with unworked flax. The sinker is complete, with a transverse lashing mark around the circumference. The connecting rod is a naturally formed Y section, with flax bound to each of the lengths of wood.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, notch cut into surface that is wider at both ends and narrow through the middle. Sides of butt taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. "Hampden" written on back.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section. Back of adze has bruising with flake scars. Front of adze is also bruised with flake scars. Front of blade is a lighter shade of grey than back. No differentiation between blade and butt, however it looks as though poll/butt portion is still in the process of being worked as distinct flake scars are present. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is slightly curved and blunt.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section. Back of adze has large flake scars with distinct chip to the bottom right portion. Front of adze is more raised in the centre than back and also has large flake scars. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous on blade with minimal curvature. Cutting edge is blunt.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section. Back of adze has large flake scars with a distinct brown portion in the centre. Front of adze also has large flake scars. No differentiation between blade and butt, however poll portion is a lot narrower than bevel end. Bevel is demarcated with an uneven line as a result of flake scarring. This is still unfinished work. Cutting edge is slightly curved and blunt.

Complete (glued together, however bevel portion missing) Bevel portion is missing so cannot identify cross-section. Poll cross-section is circular. Both back and front portions of adze are bruised with minimal flake scarring. Bevel/lower portion of adze is missing, however attempts to glue what was left of the adze have been glued back together. No differentiation between butt and blade, however poll portion is narrow and pointed. No bevel present on adze.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Incomplete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. White in colour.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey/brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked and bruised with ground areas on the blade. The front of the butt is bruised. The bevel is smooth and is demarcated by an irregular line of flake scars. The cutting edge is sharp and curved with a large chip on the proper right.

Complete adze. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground. There is a patch of clear, shiny substance adhered to the back. The butt is differentiated by a flattening of the back and a reduction of the front from the shoulder to the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete roughout. Stone. Dark grey. Surface of back is mostly ground, rest of adze is bruised, with some flaking. Cross-section is assymetrical. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Southland written on back.

Complete roughout. Stone. Grey. Cross-section is roughly triangular, apex to back. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge are unfinished. Southland written on front.

Complete roughout. Stone. Light grey/green, brown. Cross-section is triangular with apex to front at butt, becoming trapezoidal towards blade as apex flattens. Surface is ground and flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Southland written on back.

Complete roughout. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is assymetrical. Surface is ground with some flaking on back. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, but butt is curved to the proper left. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Southland written on back.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground with flake scars on butt and sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Poll reduced on one side. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge too chipped. Southland written on back.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some bruising on sides of butt and flaking around poll. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced forming small shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Large fragment missing from proper left of cutting edge. "Fortrose" written on front.