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Broken pounamu chisel, only middle of blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with bruising on the broken edge. Flaking and bruising instead of cutting edge. There is no bevel demarked.

broken chisel, cutting edge and a part of the blade present. roughly triangular The surface is ground. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and oblique.

Chalcedony drill point. Dark brown and mid orange in colour. Flake scars present. Weathering on most surfaces.

Chalcedony drill point. Cream, mid yellow, and black in colour. Some flake scars. Weathering on all surfaces. Some retouch present.

Chalcedony drill point. Light yellow in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Slightly weathered.

Chalcedony drill point. Mid yellow, cream, and dark brown in colour. Weathering on most surfaces.

Chalcedony drill point. Cream, white, and dark grey. Flake scars on all surfaces. Weathering on all surfaces.

Chalcedony drill point. Cream, dark brown, and light brown in colour. Flake scars present. Weathering on all surfaces.

Chalcedony drill point. Mid brown and cream in colour. Cortex present on dorsal surface. Slightly weathered. Some retouch on left lateral margin on dorsal surface.

Chalcedony drill point. Light yellow and light red in colour. Flake scars present. Some weathering.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Mostly ground surface, with areas of natural stone roughness. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, with sides slightly reduced. Bevel demarcated by a line.

Chalcedony drill point. Cream, light brown, and dark brown in colour. Some cortex present. Flake scars on most surfaces. Some weathering.

Complete chalcedony drill point. Mid yellow and dark yellow in colour. Bifacial retouch on the left and right lateral margins. Cortex present on the right lateral margin near the proximal end.

Complete porcellanite drill point. Mid brown and mid yellow in colour. Flake scars on the left and right lateral margins on the dorsal surface.

Complete chalcedony drill point. Mid brown and light brown in colour. Unifacial retouch on the left and right lateral margin on the dorsal surface. Cortex present on the right lateral margin on the dorsal and ventral surfaces, and at the proximal end on the ventral surface.

Complete chalcedony drill point that is light brown and light yellow in colour. There is cortex present on the proper left lateral margin of the dorsal surface. There are flake scars near the proximal end of the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouch below the cortex on the proper left lateral margin of the dorsal surface.

Complete chalcedony drill point. Light grey and white in colour. Bifacial retouch on the right lateral margin. Unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin on the ventral surface.

Complete chalcedony drill point that is light brown and mid brown in colour. There is unifacial retouching on both lateral margins of the ventral surface.

Complete chalcedony drill point that is cream and mid grey in colour. There is a small section of cortex present on the proper left lateral margin. There is flaking across the dorsal surface.

Complete chalcedony drill point that is light brown and light grey in colour. There is extensive flaking across all surfaces.