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Complete chisel Cross section is circular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, though sides taper towards poll. Bevel demarcated by lines that come to a point mid blade, and bevel itself is very concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, though chipped on proper left side.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green tangiwai/bowenite with high translucency. Surface is polished. Fracture mark is apparent at the proximal end. Broken suspension hole, with string cord lashed to one side of the proximal end. Distal end is rounded.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Ground with heavy bruising and flaking around all edges. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll. Bevel demarcated by a faintly curved line across blade. Cutting edge is straight and blunt with minor chipping.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Ground with heavy bruising and flaking on sides and poll. Left side proper back of butt has been heavily flaked away. Butt has major differentiation, sides have been heavily reduced and shoulders raised. Bevel is demarcated by a faint horizontal line. Cutting edge is rounded, moderately sharp and has minor chipping.

Broken adze (cutting edge is missing). Pounamu. Light green, silver. Cross-section oval. Surface is ground, with some bruising on front, and sawing mark down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is chipped off. "Harwood" written on back.

Complete pounamu hei tiki. Light green inanga variety. Profile is unusual concave shape. Head turned to left with shallow markings outlining mouth. Red sealing wax in eyes and nose clearly indicated. Large suspension hole drilled above one eye. Four notches on forehead. Arms on hips but no hands or fingers. Feather crack on rear situated at shoulder blades and another at left rear side of forehead.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, except for areas of natural roughness Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Poll end is shaped to a point on proper right Very small bevel, cutting edge is blunt and curved

Broken adze (missing fragment from lower blade). Pounamu. Dark green, mid green, silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with areas of bruising on front and back. Large and deep sawing mark down front and back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and mostly straight, curving at edges. Large fragment of proper left cutting edge missing. "Waikouaiti" written on back.

Broken adze (proper left side of butt not present). Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some bruising on proper left side. Sawing mark down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper left side of butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Murdering Beach" written on front.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki. Dark green with low translucency. Saw mark on back surface, running from proximal end to proper right arm. Head inclined to proper left shoulder. Suspension hole drilled from both sides above one eye; additional incomplete drill mark on front. Eyebrows, nose, mouth and tongue indicated. Arms akimbo with elbows accentuated and arms positioned towards rear of thighs. Three fingered hands indistinctly visible on thighs. Legs joined together with three toes indicated on each side.

Complete light green pounamu pendant. Surface is ground and bruised. Sawing mark on both sides of the proximal end, sawn through to create a suspension hole. Distal end has a bevel on one side and an edge resembling the cutting edge of an adze, indicating that this may have been reworked from an adze.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green, mid-blue, and black in colour with low transparency. Inanga variety, Westland source. Adze-shaped, with a broken and reworked proximal end. Proximal edge is rounded and reduced with shoulders. Complete suspension hole drilled from both sides, as well as a drill mark on one side indicating another incomplete suspension hole. One side edge has a small sawing mark and serrations running along the lower end, possibly an indicator of the number of generations of use. Distal end is oblique and sharp.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki, inanga variety, Arahura source. Head inclined to left. Right arm with three fingers and thumb on trunk, left arm with three fingers on thigh and thumb on abdomen. Brows, nose, eyes and elbow joints indicated, mouth has tongue protruding straight over lower jaw, with one tooth indicated in each corner. Finely decorated on nose. Two suspension holes each drilled from both sides, that nearest to the nose is well worn and thin towards the outside edge. The other hole is approximately in the centre of the tiki, just above the left eye. Female genitals indicated. Legs joined together with three toes each.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green inanga variety. Surface is polished. Suspension hole at the proximal end. J-shaped, curved and rounded at the distal end.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground. Straight with rounded ends. Tapered to the proximal end with a straight suspension hole.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green. Surface is ground smooth except for a reduction at the centre. Rectangular cross section, with a unique, curved "twist" shape. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end. Both ends are squared off.

Pounamu pendant. Mid-green with black inclusions. Surface is ground. Broken suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end. Tapering to a point at the distal end.

Complete mere pounamu. Inaka section crosses diagonally from one side to the other on blade with kahurangi pounamu extending to proximal end. Dark green, mid-yellow, and black in colour. Surface is polished. Six grooves at butt with perforated hole drilled from both sides. Both edges of hole slightly inset. String looped through hole and tied.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground faint white scratch marks. Back of blade is also ground. There is also a indented ridge structure to the right portion of blade. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll portion is not fully present. Bevel is demarcated with a ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground on the blade with flake scars and bruising on the blade and poll. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is smooth and made distinct from the blade by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.