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Complete chisel. Grey stone. Circular cross-section. The surface is ground with some flake scars. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Incomplete greenstone adze, butt and poll possibly missing. Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised and flaked with some ground areas. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The width of the stone is fairly uniform. The bevel is continuous with the blade, and the cutting edge is straight and oblique.

Complete unfinished adze. Mid grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly bruised with ground areas on the blade. There is an irregular shoulder on the front of the blade with a reduction in the stone on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade, and demarcated by increased bruising. The cutting edge is sharp and chipped.

Complete adze. Dark brown stone. The cross-section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground on both sides of the blade and bruised and flaked on the sides and butt. There is major distinction between the blade and the butt, with shoulders and a reduction in the stone on both sides. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The blade is slightly concave on the back. There is a piece of paper adhered to the back which reads ?"Caroline" in pencil.

Complete adze. Stone. Grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, back narrower than front. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper left side of cutting edge. Found at Scott's Gap near Otautau written on sticker on back. Scott's Gap near Otautau written on front.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and mid-green. Surface is ground. Rectangular shape with rounded edges. Perforated in the centre from two sides.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green with high translucency. Surface is ground. J-shaped, curved and rounded at the distal end. Proximal end is squared off with a skewed suspension hole drilled from both sides.

Complete patu onewa with no tau. Drill perforation present. Butt has three concave reke. Large chip on one edge, no other chips. Blade smooth and in good condition.

Grey with shiny dark grey/black flaw on end of blade ant one side. Spatulate in shape, relatively narrow blade. Tapers to neck - no shoulders - and then expands to knobbed proximal end. 4 ridges (3 + central, proximal one which are flat between ridges. Hourglass perforation on handle inside of ridges.

Complete patu onewa. Ornamental grooves at butt. Drilled perforation at handle. Chip on blade edge.

Complete minnow lure. Half circle cross section (round on the bottom flat on top). 1 perforation at the head. A reduction in the base for lashing. Abraded body, constructed through grinding.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground. There is minor bruising on the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and chipped.

Piece of worked pounamu, possibly a pendant or a fishhook point. Curved to a point, the tip of which is broken off. Reduced at the proximal end.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with bruising down the blade. There is a crack through the centre of the blade, running from the proper left near the pole, to near the bevel. The bevel is demarcated by a concave wearing. The cutting edge is diagonal, a concave curve and sharp.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. Natural rough areas on butt and sides. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp an curved.

Pounamu/Nephrite pendant. Inanga variety, green-coloured stone has many lighter green/pale green patches in it. The outline on this piece is roughly that of a thin pointed leaf. Perforation is hourglass in shape and drilled from both sides. Proximal end has been rounded off. Cross section is rectangular.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised with some ground areas. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete roughout. Pounamu. Light green, silver. Cross-section of butt is oval, cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface is bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced after small ridge at shoulder, and sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, but is bruised and unfinished. Cutting edge is blunt and curved. Between head of Lake Wakatipu and Paradise written on front and back.

Complete roughout. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Reduction in stone at poll end of butt. Bevel is flaked and unfinished. Cutting edge is blunt and curved, also unfinished. "Between Head of L. Wakatipu and Paradise" written on front and back. Small sticker on back; "297".

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Blue-green inanga variety, chatoyant with low translucency. Evidence of oxidised rind around perimeter. Surface has been ground smooth. Tapers toward the proximal end, which is slightly squared off and has a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Distal end is curved.