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Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on poll and around middle of back, flaked on proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Murdering B" written on back. "Murdering Beach" written on front.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Surface is ground with some bruising and flaking. Butt has minor differentiation; sides have been slightly reduced and taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by straight line. Cutting edge is slightly rounded, rough and slightly chipped.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the cutting edge and back, and bruising on the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge has flaked off.

Complete adze. Oval. Surface is ground. The front left proper of the poll and the front right proper corner of the cutting edge has been flaked away. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by a faint line that curves from the right side proper corner of the cutting edge toward the middle of the blade. Cutting edge is straight, sharp and smooth with moderate chipping. Prominent sawing mark down the middle of the back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, mid green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, back and front reduced, but back is reduced more heavily. Poll is reduced in the centre between the proper left and proper right sides. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line, cutting edge is blunt and curved."Waikouaiti" written on front and back.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green inanga variety. Surface is ground with a groove/sawing mark on one side. Proximal end is squared off with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Distal end is tapered to a sharp point.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green and light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground down 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, but heavily chipped. "Warrington" written on front and back.

Complete adze Rectangular. Surface is ground on the front and flaked on the back. Butt has minor differentiation; sides have been slightly reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. Both sides are bevelled.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade has bruising. Back of blade is mostly ground with a deep flake scar to the left side. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is demarcated with ridge. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken adze, part of blade remaining. Dark green and light brown pounamu. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross-section is asymmetrical, with prominent sawing marks on one side. There is a lack of discernible features; the butt, bevel, and cutting edge are not present. "Kaiapoi Pa." inscription

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground except for the poll, which is naturally rough. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Broken, Missing most of the proper left side. The proper right remains damaged, but with some of all elements present. too damaged to comment. The surface is ground, with significant chips. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. Only a tiny slither of bevel remains, however it appears to be curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface has rough patches spread across the surface of the adze. On the back, close to the chin of the blade, there are tow flakes. There is a large rough patch near the poll on the front side. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some bruising on front and back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Kakanui written on front.

broken (Blade, butt and a section of the bevel is present) Very roughly rectangular. The surface is ground with flakes/chips. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is flat and is distinguishable from the blade by a noticeable ridge. The cutting edge is missing. The adze is very heavily damaged.

Incomplete greenstone chisel, butt and poll missing. Triangular cross-section. The surface is flaked and bruised. The bevel is asymmetrical and flaked with a large chip on the proper left. The cutting edge is oblique and chipped.

Complete unfinished adze. Light greenstone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with flaking on the proper right side and a saw mark and flaking on the proper left. There is no distinction between the butt and the bevel. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is smooth and demarcated by a straight oblique ridge. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Possibly reworked from a chisel. Dark brown and green waikokopu variety. Surface is ground. Square cross section. Tapered at each end. Bevel demarcated by a line on the proximal end, just below the suspension hole. Distal end is rounded, with an indented bevel, demarcated by a change in surface. Remnants of red paint or wax on one side.