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Porcellanite flake.

Porcellanite flake.

Porcellanite flake. One lateral margin looks sharpened.

Porcellanite flake.

Porcellanite flake.

Porcellanite flake.

Pocellanite flake.

Porcellanite flake. There is bifacial retouch along one lateral margin.

Piece of worked pounamu/nephrite. Pale green tangiwai variety, high translucency. Surface is ground on one side and flaked on other side. Small rounded proximal projection with notches on either side at base, possibly meant to function as a suspension device, worn as a pendant. Four pointed projections, two on each side edge, most notable on the distal edge, which is oblique.

Porcellanite flake.

Porcellanite flake.

Porcellanite flake.

Porcellanite flake. Mid grey and mid red in colour.

Broken pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground on the front and bevel. The back and sides are bruised with some flaking on the break. The bevel is demarked by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, with some chipping

Incomplete adze, bevel end only. Lenticular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked with some ground areas. The bevel is small and demarcated by a curved line and bruising on the proper right. There is a small piece of paper stuck on the front of the blade with "1."? written on it.

Chalcedony flake. Light grey in colour.

complete roughly trapezoidal, back narrower than the front. Narrows in the sides from blade towards the poll. The surface is ground, with few flakes/chips. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is flat and distinguishable from the blade by a clear ridge. The cutting edge us straight and oblique, and sharp. Faint ditch or gutter? Running lengthways down the front of the blade

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety. Surface is polished. Oval cross section. Slightly tapered at the proximal end, with a straight suspension hole drilled using metal tools. Rounded at both ends.

Complete koropepe pendant. Mid-green takiwai pounamu with high translucency. Surface is polished. Carved on both sides. Body is indicated by a spiral with a perforation at the centre. Face at the proximal end, with an incised eye and mouth indicated by a sawing mark and perforation. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front of blade and proper right side of back, bruised and flaked on butt and proper left side of back Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides are strongly tapered toward the butt Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.