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Complete adze. Rectangular Surface is ground, with flaking and bruising around poll, butt and edges. Butt has minor differentiation, sides have been reduced, and front left side proper shoulder has been raised. Bevel demarcated by curved line running from corner to corner and tapering down to cutting edge. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and very slightly rounded.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki. Dark and light green kawakawa variety with chatoyant qualities on body. Head has partial heat treatment. Pointed head turns to the left, eyebrows, deep set eyes and pointed tongue which drops over lower jaw. Breasts, elbows distinctly outlined. Arms sitting on thighs but no hands or fingers outlined. Legs have three toes on each leg in centre of body. Perforation drilled from back to centre top of head.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground with heavy flaking on the right side proper of the front, and down the left side proper. Butt has minor differentiation; right side proper has been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line which curves from corner to corner. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded. Prominent sawing mark down left side proper.

Nephrite/pounamu hei tiki, kawakawa variety, mid green and yellow. Two broken suspension holes at the proximal end, one on cheek and on above an eye, both drilled from both sides. Head is tilted to the right. Three-fingered hands on hips. Right leg broken at knee and repaired. Broken at the toes. Lower part heat treated.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and translucent. Reduced and notched at the proximal end, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Curved to a dull point at the distal end.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green. Surface is ground and edges are rounded. Large suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from both sides.

Complete adze. Dark green pounamu. Cross-section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. Surface is ground with bruising around the front and sides of the butt. Sawing marks on proper right side. Major reduction on the sides of the butt, particularly the proper left side, forming shoulders and tapered toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Waikouaiti" inscription.

Complete adze. Greenstone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground with bruising at the sides of the butt and poll. There is some distinction between the butt and the blade, with a bruised reduction in the sides of the butt and two small shoulders on the front. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with a few chips.

Complete adze. Pounamu. The cross-section is oval at the butt and lenticular at the bevel. The surface is bruised and flaked with an area of smooth on the bevel. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, asymmetrical and has a few chips.

Complete adze. Dark green pounamu. Cross-section is trapezoidal. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. Major reduction on the proper left side of the butt; front is tapered toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and flaked. "Ravensbourne" inscription.

Complete patu, possibly unfinished. Mid-green pounamu. Handle tapers toward the butt. Surface is polished.

Complete pounamu hei matau pendant. Mid-green with light brown and light green inclusions. Surface is ground. Head has one complete suspension hole, drilled mostly from one side, and one incomplete suspension hole, broken at the proximal end. There is an external knob at the head. The point is rounded and double-sided, with an incurved tip on one side edge and a knob on the external side edge.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Light green and silver inaka variety, burnt black around edge. Surface is ground smooth. Tapered and rounded at the proximal end with an off-centre suspension hole drilled mostly from one side. Small notch on one side of the proximal end. One side edge is straight and flattened, the other is curved and bevelled through the distal end.

Complete pounamu/nephrite hei matau. One-piece fishhook shape, previously broken in two pieces on the point and glued back together. Dark cream and light brown colour, with a reddish tint; kokopu variety. Large suspension hole drilled from both sides and an external knob at the head. Point has a large mushroom-like projection with two tips, one of them barbed.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and grey auhuka variety. Surface is ground smooth. Proximal end has a small piece broken off and a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Circular cross section shaped to sharp point at the distal end.

Mid-green kahurangi pounamu pendant. Surface has been ground smooth. Roughly circular shape with a lenticular cross section. Proximal end has a suspension hole drilled from both sides and a notch on one side edge, which may represent a bird or other animal head. Partial straight sawing mark and small indentation on one side and a large worked indentation/reduction on the other side. Serrations along two side edges, about halfway down the pendant.

Broken pendant, distal portion remaining. At the broken proximal end there is a partial perforation. There is a large sawing mark down one side. The distal end of the pendant comes to a point. The surface is mostly ground, with small areas of bruising.

Complete pounamu pendant or chisel. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the proper right back corner and the poll. There is slight flaking one the front. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt. Possible drill mark at the proximal end indicating an incomplete suspension hole.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, light brown, cream. Cross-section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground, some bruising around poll and flaking on sides. Sawing mark down proper left side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chip missing along proper left side.

Pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety with black inclusions. High transparency with some feather fractures. Surface is ground smooth but with some bruising on back side. Adze shaped with sawing marks on distal end and proper left side edge. Distal edge is unfinished after having been broken from original source. Bevel on each side. Tapers to the proximal end with an oblique edge and an off-centre suspension hole, drilled from both sides.