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Complete pounamu gouge. The surface is ground with natural flaking at the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and chipped on the proper right.

Chalcedony drill point. Mid grey, cream, and dark yellow in colour. Flake scars present. Retouch present

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety with medium translucency and some chatoyancy. Cross section is square. Surface is ground. Side edges are flattened and one has sawing marks. Tapered slightly toward the proximal end, which has an oblique edge. Suspension hole is drilled from both sides. Distal edge is flattened with a bevel on one side.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green with lighter green and light brown inclusions. Surface is ground smooth. Proximal end is squared off, with an irregularly-shaped suspension hole drilled mostly from one side. Side edges are straight and then jut at a nearly perpendicular angle to one side. This projection has three large notches on the edge and a hairline crack on one side. Distal edge is smooth and flattened.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, mid brown. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is ground on lower blade, bruised and flaked on other surfaces. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides and front slightly reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved. Torn note adhered to front [half of each line missing] "Adze/Gibb/Andrew Bay/Beach/For Sale"

Complete adze. Light brown pounamu. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is mostly unworked with some ground and flaked areas. There is a reduction in the sides of the butt on the back. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge and the change in surface from ground to flaked. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with flake scars on both corners.

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 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.

Mostly complete pounamu knife, one lateral margin missing. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Both surfaces are ground and bruised.

Complete greenstone gouge. Cross-section is circular. Poll end is naturally rough, rest of surface is ground. Slight sawing mark on one side. Bevel is demarcated by a line, and the bevel is deeply concave. Cutting edge is broken.