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Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on most of the front and back of blade. The butt is heavily flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

by a concave mark. The cutting edge is curved and sharp. It is chipped on the proper left side.

Broken pounamu chisel. The cross section is triangular with apex to the back. The surface is ground, with flaking on the front. The bevel is not demarcated. The cutting edge is chipped.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is trapezoidal with back narrower than font. The surface is ground, with bruising at the poll and on the proper left. The blade has a sawing mark down the length of the front. The proper left back has sawing marks. The bevel is demarcated by a change in surface working. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Pounamu/nephrite chisel, dark green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground, but flaked on the proper right side. Well-defined symmetrical proportions with sharpened cutting edge. Bevel is demarcated by a line on both sides. Front also has two line demarcations running lengthwise along the sides. Sawing marks on proper left side. Proximal end is broken.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with bruising on the proper right and at the poll. There is flaking on the proper left near the cutting edge. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is asymmetric. The blade tapers towards the cutting edge. The surface is ground, with flaking at the poll and on the proper right side of the bevel. The bevel is demarcated by an asymmetric straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Piece of worked pounamu, possibly an unfinished pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety with feather fractures and low transparency. Surface is ground. Side edges are rounded. Tapered at both ends. Single unfinished drill mark on one side, possibly an unfinished suspension hole. Other end is chipped one both sides, with a projection in the centre.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with flaking on the back of the poll. The blade tapers to the cutting edge, at a point. The point is chipped.

complete rectangular blade with a very roughly oval butt The surface is ground with some bruising or flaking around the butt. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade, where a slight reduction from the blade to the butt is present on the front proper left and back proper right sides. the bevel curved and is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete chisel very roughly oval. Narrows in the side towards the poll The surface is ground. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge has been chipped away.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Rectangular Ground with bruising around edges and break. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a very faint line across the blade. Cutting edge is rounded and sharp with minor chipping.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, and light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, some flaking near poll. Sawing mark visible down proper left side. Another sawing mark at shoulder. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Pounawea written on back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, dark brown, mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on front, heavier bruising on back and down proper right side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, adze curves slightly to the proper right. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge mostly chipped off, small section of cutting blade remaining on proper right is sharp and curved. 255 written on bevel. Tarewai Point written on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, cream. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly bruised, with some ground areas on front and on bevel. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp curved, large chip missing from proper right side of cutting edge. Tarewai Point written on front and back.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground, with flaking at the cutting edge. There is bruising on the poll. There are three sawing marks on the blade, two on the proper left and right of the front, and the middle of the back. The bevel is demarcated by concave wearing. The cutting edge is chipped off.

Broken adze with the blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface on the front is ground with bruising on the ends but the surface on the back is flaked. The butt is not present. The bevel is demarcated by a line at the chin. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with minor flaking along it.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is flaking that is bruised, however, front of the blade and the bevel are both ground. There is major differentiation between the butt and blade as the poll as two lugs on either side. Also the proper left and right hand side both taper in towards the poll and the surface changes. The bevel is demarcated by a small ridge at the chin and some flaking. The cutting edge is curved and sharp but has a bit of flaking along it.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with bruising along the sides and at the poll. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the proper right hand side tapers in toward the poll. The bevel is demarcated by at ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with flaking along it.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface of the blade is ground and the butt is flaked. There is very minor differentiation between the butt and the blade due to the change of surface and the proper left hand side tapering in towards the poll. The bevel is curved and demarcated by a ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with minor flaking along it.