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Complete kawakawa pounamu ear pendant. Shape is long cylinder with rounded, blunt distal end. Surface is ground. Suspension hole at proximal end. Poll of proximal flattened. Light flaking at the proximal end. There are light green inclusions throughout the pendant.

Small piece of adze. Greenstone. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground on the front and back of the bevel. There is no butt, the piece ends with flaked and unshaped stone. The bevel is straight and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green and black kawakawa variety. Surface is ground on front and back. Edges are flattened and ground and bruised. Squared across proximal end, shoulders and sides rounded and tapering to distal end. Fairly straight perforation drilled from both sides in centre of proximal end, flared entry points.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green, light brown, and black kawakawa variety. Oval-shaped with flattened, ground sides and edges. Off-centre perforation drilled both sides of proximal end.

Complete gouge. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on butt and bruised on blade. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line and is concave, cutting edge is chipped off.

Complete gouge. Pounamu. Mid green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground. Bevel is demarcated by a line, and is not concave, possibly unfinished. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green. Cross-section of butt is oval, cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface is ground, with bruising on back and on butt. Small fragment missing from proper right front blade. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front heavily reduced forming shoulder, rising again so the butt appears to have a grooved grip. Sides of butt taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, a few small chips along cutting edge. "Moeraki" written on back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, light grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with bruising on the sides of the butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides heavily reduced, which then continue to taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Chipped on proper left corner and mid-cutting edge. "Moeraki" written on back.

Complete adze. Rectangular cross section. Surface is mostly ground on front, with some bruising, especially on the butt. The back surface is mostly bruised with some flaking, and a ground bevel. The butt is slightly differentiated due to the rough, bruised nature of the surface and the rounded sides. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze Rectangular cross section. Surface is mostly ground with some bruising, and flaking. The butt is undifferentiated from the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground with some bruising on butt and sides. Sawing mark on proper left side of back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper left side reduced, poll coming to a point on proper right. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Moeraki" written on back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on front, sides, and upper back. Bruising on lower back, proper left side of front, and back of butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Lightly chipped with larger chip on proper right side of cutting edge. "Moeraki" written on front. Complete adze. Cross section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is mostly ground with some bruising and flaking. Entire surface and rear edge of proper right side is flaked and bruised. Minor differentiation of butt by increased taper of sides and back. Bevel is demarcated by and irregular line.

Complete adze. Rectangular cross section. Surface is predominantly ground. Some bruising along middle of proper right edge and lower proper left edge of front. Significant bruising on poll and proper left side of butt, flaking and bruising continuing down proper right edge of back. Butt is asymmetrical, with undifferentiated taper from blade to square edge on proper right side, and increased taper to curved edge on proper left side. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, sawing mark down proper left side. Shallow sawing mark down back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, front reduces towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, but heavily chipped. "Moeraki" down proper right side.

Worked pounamu point. Possible drill point. The cross section is pentagonal. The surface is ground with bruising at the point and flaking at the poll. There is a sawing mark on the proper right. The point is blunt.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. There is a line of natural roughness on the proper-left side of the back. On the front side of the butt, there are some rough patches as well. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete kawakawa pendant. Rough adze shape, potentially roughout of a hei tiki. Surface ground. Suspension hole drilled at proximal end. The suspension hole is drilled diagonally up from the front to back. There is minor differentation between poll and blade, with the sides reduced. The proper left lateral margin has been asymmetrically reduced towards the poll. The back has a bevel continuous with the blade. The cutting edge has a steep concave wearing.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety, high translucency. Surface is ground on one side and ground and bruised on the other side. One side edge is curve and the other side edge has two wavy indentations. Proximal end is somewhat squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Distal end comes to a point.

Pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green kahurangi variety. Surface is ground smooth. Suspension knob at the proximal end. Rounded projection on one side edge.

Broken adze (Blade remaining). Cross-section is circular. Surface is ground, except for where the butt fell off, which is rough. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.