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Broken adze (Butt remaining) Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised, flaked on lower PL side. No differentiation between butt and blade. Blade not present.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey, light grey, light yellow. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly bruised, ground on front lower blade. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper slightly towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is chipped off.

Broken adze (all but cutting edge remaining). Stone. Black, light grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly bruised, becoming more ground on lower blade, some flaking on back of butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides and front reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge not present. Wakapatu written on front.

Complete roughout. Stone. Light grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, chipped on proper right side. Wakapatu written on back.

Complete sinker with faint quartered lashing groove.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised. Sides of butt taper towards poll. Wakatapu written on front.

Broken adze (Portion of blade remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on back and front, bruised on sides. Cutting edge is flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, rest of blade is broken off.

Broken adze (Butt remaining). Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, lightly flaked on sides. Large flake on back. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Blade not present.

Silcrete drill point. Mid-grey colour.

Complete mid-green pounamu pendant. Off-centre suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end. Straight and both the proximal and distal edges are rounded.

Complete adze. The cross section is approximately rectangular. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. There is a large, brown stain on the centre of the back. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is uneven and blunt.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete adze. Plano-convex cross-section with the front flattened. The surface is bruised and flaked. There is a reduction in the stone on the sides of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade, and the cutting edge is curved and chipped.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey and dark grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface of lower blade is ground, flaked on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, and front reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, some scratches on bevel. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped along cutting edge. ?Camp Hill written on front.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is almost completely bruised. Tip of poll on the PL side is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is blunt and curved.

Complete adze Oval at poll, trapezoidal at blade with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on back and blade, with bruising elsewhere. Butt has major differentiation, with sides and front reduced and shoulders raised. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is rounded and sharp, with minor chipping. GLAM ADZE

Complete adze. Oval at poll, plano-convex (front flattened) at blade. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is rough, moderately sharp and curved with flaking.