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Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal with back narrower than front cross section of butt is square Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge heavily chipped.

Complete adze, lenticular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with some large flake scars and a ground area on one side of the lower blade. It is unclear which side of the adze is the front. The sides of the adze taper in from the cutting edge to the poll. There is no obvious bevel. The cutting edge is blunt and relatively straight.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front and sides is ground, surface of back is more roughly ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line.

Complete roughout Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade - Front reduced, back butt quite rounded Bevel unfinished, but heavy chipping shows start of bevel. Cutting edge unfinished.

complete Circular The surface is ground, with significant bruising towards the poll. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is distinguishable from the blade by a distinct ridge. The bevel is slightly convex. The cutting edge is curved and sharp but lightly chipped.

Broken piece of large adze. Grey stone with dark lines through it. The cross-section is oval. The surface is bruised and flaked at the broken ends. The piece appear to be from the middle section of an adze, neither the butt nor the bevel end. There are a couple of spots of yellow paint on one side.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground with flaking down the sides and the back and on the poll. Butt has minor differentiation, sides are slightly reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded, with some chipping.

Complete adze. Stone. Green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surfaces of front of blade, sides and back are ground, surfaces of front and sides of butt are bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight. 2 lugs on end of poll. N Z written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is ground on front and back lower blade, heavily flaked on upper blade and butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, back reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped."Waitaki" written on front. Sticker on front reads "Waitaki".

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green kahurangi variety with white flaws and some feather flakes. Circular with a ground surface and edges. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end.

Complete adze. Dark grey stone. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross-section is circular on the butt and rectangular on the blade. Reduction on the back sides of the butt; sides taper toward poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "Woodlands Dn." inscription

complete oval Flaked and bruised surface with ground bevel Blade tapers in slightly towards the butt but no differentiation The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The overall shape is irregular and unfinished. The cutting edge has a flake scar near its centre.

The top part of butt on the front and the proper right side on the back is broken off. Slightly rounded rectangle with sharp edge, wider on proper left side. Ground, flaked mostly on back and butt Blade tapers in slightly towards the butt but no differentiation Flake scars on back proper right. Asymmetrical cutting edge, rounded on proper left front and sharp on proper right front. The bevel is continuous with the blade but demarcated by a sharp curve.

The adze is incomplete, with broken top off the blade Lenticular at blade, asymmetrical oval at blade Mostly ground blade with several flake scars. Unworked broken surface on top edge Blade tapers in slightly towards the butt but no clear differentiation. The blade also tapers in slightly towards the cutting edge, more so on the proper left side The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight

complete Trapezoidal with back slightly narrower than the front Ground with several flake scars, bruised at butt The proper right side of the butt is reduced with a clear shoulder, but there is no differentiation on the proper left side The bevel is demarcated by a line that curves from one corner of the cutting edge to the other. Slightly curved sharp cutting edge

complete Rectangular Ground blade and most of front, flake scars especially at the top Blade tapers sharply to meet together at the top. The proper right top side looks unworked. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight Remnants of paper adhered to front near the cutting edge and near top

Broken adze, lower part of the blade only Lenticular with flat sides Ground surface with some flake scars. Rough unworked broken edge The object is just the lower part of the blade There is a slight curve on the bevel to from the blade to the cutting edge. Fairly symmetrical cutting edge with flake scar on both front and back proper left.

Complete Rectangular Partly ground. Flake scars across all surface and bruising at top of front There is no real change from the blade to the butt except a very slight narrowing of the width from the cutting edge up. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is made irregular by flake scars

Complete adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with some bruising on the sides and poll. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides of the adze taper in from the top of the bevel towards the poll. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp. There is a piece of paper adhered to the back of the blade that reads: "Otekura near Port Molyneux" in pen

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section. Front of blade has bruising with small flake scars around edges. Back of blade also has bruising with flake scarring. Bevel is more ground than rest of blade. No differentiation between butt and blade. Butt slightly tapers in towards poll. Bevel is continuous on the blade which is very pronounced/raised to rest of back portion. Cutting edge is slightly curved and blunt.