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Complete pounamu pendant. Silvery white, with a small amount of green visible around suspension hole, side edges, and one side of the distal end. Surface has been ground. Cross section is lenticular. Proximal end is squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Two knobs, one on each side of the proximal end. Serrations along both side edges, running the entire length of the pendant. Curved to one side and tapered to a dull point on the distal end. Chip missing out of external side of the curve.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Asymmetrical. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a faint ridge rising from both corners. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Complete adze. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking on the back side of the poll and the blade. There is minor differentiation with a reduction near the shoulder on the proper right side and sides that taper toward the poll. The poll has flaking. The bevel is demarcated by a minor line at the chin. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on back, and flaking on sides. Minor differentiated between butt and blade, proper left side tapers towards poll, proper right side does not taper. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved, also slightly oblique. Sticker on back reads "G. H Attwood Toitois".

Complete adze. The cross section of the blade is rectangular. The cross section of the butt is approximately plano-convex with the back flattened. The surface is ground. There is a textured gold mark on the proper left side near the butt which resembles a fingerprint. The butt is differentiated by a reduction of the front at the shoulder, and a transition from rectangular to plano-convex cross section. There are three, transverse, finger shaped valleys across the front of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight but asymmetrical with the proper left side of the blade shorter than the proper right side. The edge is blunt.

Complete adze. Dark green and light brown pounamu. Surface is ground with some bruising. Cross-section is lenticular. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Tuapeka Mouth" inscription on back

Complete pounamu pendant. Green with brown inclusions and high transparency, especially on the distal end. Surface has been ground smooth. Rounded and tapered at the proximal end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides and a sawing mark across the suspension hole on one side. Distal end is very oblique and sharp. May have been reworked from an adze as the distal end resembles a cutting edge with a bevel on one side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on back and on poll. Sawing marks down proper left and proper right. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze The cross section is plano-convex with the back flattened. The adze is much taller than it is wide. The surface is predominantly ground with bruising on the front and sides of the butt. The butt is differentiated by a reduction of the front at the shoulder. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground on front, back, and sides of blade. Bruising on sides and front of butt, in addition to rough, unfinished (?) portions on front, back and top. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Slight tapering toward poll, and a slight shoulder on the proper left side. Poll has a worked oblique face, and a rough, unfinished (?) portion. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete Rectangular. The surface is ground, with a large and fairly deep sawn ditch up the middle of the front of the blade. No differentiation between the blade and the butt. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade, it also has a very shallow saw mark up the middle. The Cutting edge is oblique and split in two by the sawn ditch.