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Complete adze. Dark green pounamu. Surface is ground with bruising on proper left side and sawing marks on proper right side. Cross section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides taper toward poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved, sharp, and chipped. "Milton" inscription.

Incomplete Not present. Difficult to determine which side is front or back. Fragment appears very ground though. No differentiation between butt and blade. Only small fragment present - May have broken of larger piece. No bevel present, nor cutting edge.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, mid green, light green, silver. Cross-section is asymmetrical, due to unbroken section of pounamu worked through with sawing marks hanging off proper left side. Surface is mostly ground, with bruising on proper right front. Sawing marks down front and back towards proper left. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is blunt and curved, chipped. "Little Papanui" written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, except for a small patch of bruising on the proper right back side. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Mid-green pounamu. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with the back narrower than the front. Major differentiation between butt and blade, with sides and front of butt reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp. "Tokata" inscription on front and back.

Unfinished greenstone adze. Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is heavily flaked with ground areas on the blade. There is no distinction between the blade and the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and chipped.

Complete unfinished adze. Light brown and green stone.Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is ground on the blade with bruising and flaking. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The poll is curved and chipped. The bevel is demarcated by a line and by flake scars. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped.

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section. Front slightly wider than back. The surface is ground and bruised. There is a slight reduction towards the butt end and edges are rounded off. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is sharp, curved and lightly chipped at the edges.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Ground with bruising on poll and along saw mark on proper right side. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper to poll. Bevel demarcated by faint horizontal line crossing blade. Cutting edge is straight, angled and sharp with minor chipping. Prominent sawing marks down both sides.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, light green, silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some areas of bruising down proper left side, and poll. Sawing mark down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "L. Papanui" written on back.

Incomplete Asymmetrical/Trapezoidal Front of blade is ground with deep flaking/bruising to the left side. Front of blade also has a distinct trench like marking to the right side. Back of blade is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll portion has been broken off the blade. Bevel is demarcated with distinct ridge. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp.

Incomplete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground. Back of blade is also ground, however has bruising to the right side. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll portion has broken off the blade. Bevel is demarcated with line. Cutting edge is rounded and sharp.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety spotted with lighter green flecks. Surface is ground, but some edges are chipped. Relatively small suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from one side. One edge is concave with a slight rounded projection near the distal end. The other edge is convex and juts out slightly at the proximal end. There is a half-circular smooth indentation at the centre of the distal end.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant in the shape of a fish. Dark green, diagonal variety split inanga/kawakawa. Surface has been ground smooth, with some flaking on one side at the proximal end. Profile is somewhat convex. Proximal end indicating the fish's head with a suspension hole for an eye and a drilled notch for the mouth. Proximal end is somewhat reduced. One side edge is serrated and other is smooth. Distal edge is sharp and similar to the cutting edge of an adze, with a bevel on one side demarcated by a line.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green mottled with black, kawakawa variety. Surface is ground smooth with some small flakes chipped off of distal end. Proximal shape is rounded in the shape of a fish or a bird head with suspension hole for the eye and a drilled notch at the proximal edge for the mouth. Distal end is sharp and oblique, similar to the cutting edge of an adze, with a bevel on one side demarcated by lines.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, plano-convex (back flattened) at blade. Bruised with minor flaking. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll. Bevel demarcated by very faint horizontal line across blade. Cutting edge has been flaked away. Prominent sawing marks down the sides.

Piece of worked pounamu/nephrite, broken at most of the edges. Kawakawa variety with chatoyant bands of silver and light green, source possibly Te Koroka. Tapered at one end. One edge has eight remaining serrations.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green and mid green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground on front and back, bruised on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, though is heavily chipped, with large fragments on cutting edge missing. "Warrington" written on front and back.

Complete kawakawa pounamu/nephrite pendant. Bright green with high translucency and black inclusions. Surface has been ground smooth. Elongated with distal end tapering to rounded V. Proximal end rounded with irregularly-shaped suspension hole, almost broken out indicating extended wear.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Green and light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical - almost rectangular, if not for sawing mark down proper right side. Surface is ground, with sawing mark on proper right side. Both ends of adze are bevelled with cutting edges. Bevel on both ends are continuous with blade. Larger cutting edge is chipped on proper left side, and is sharp and curved. Smaller cutting edge is sharp and curved.