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Triangular porcellanite flake. Retouching along both lateral margin. Dorsal surface has a longitudinal ridge.

Triangular porcellanite flake. Retouching along both lateral margins.

Complete porcellanite blade. Black in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Cortex on dorsal surface

Complete porcellanite blade. Dark brown and dark pink in colour. Cortex on dorsal surface. Large flake scars on dorsal surface.

Complete porcellanite blade. Black in colour. Cortex on dorsal surface. Large flake scars on dorsal surface.

Complete adze. Stone (doesn't look like pounamu to me). Black. Cross-section is semi-circular, with front flattened. Surface is ground, with some light bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Southland? written on back.

Porcellanite core. Cortex present on three sides. From the orientation of the accession number, the cortex is on the proper right, proximal and dorsal sides.

Broken pounamu adze, blade remaining. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground and flaked with sawing marks on proper right side. Butt is not present. There is no obvious bevel. Cutting edge is sharp on proper right, but has been flaked away on proper left side. "Akatore. N.Z" inscription

Complete adze. Mid green and mid grey pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, sawing mark down proper left side, some bruising on proper right. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper right side straight, but proper left side tapers towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is oblique and lightly curved. "Akatore. N.Z." written on front.

Complete adze. White and dark grey stone. Surface is ground with flaking on the sides. Cross-section is rectangular. Sides are reduced on the butt and taper toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is oblique sharp. "Dunedin." inscription.

Complete adze. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised around the butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, with sides reduced to form shoulders and major reduction in the back of the butt. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp. "Dunedin" inscription.

complete rectangular, narrowing in the sides from blade to butt. The surface is ground. No differentiation between the butt and blade. The bevel is slightly curved and faintly distinguishable from the blade by a faint line. The cutting edge is mostly straight and sharp Distinctive mineral inclusions

Broken rock blade that is mid brown and mid yellow in colour. It has the media portion remaining. There are flake scars across the ventral surface.

Chalcedony flake. Light brown in colour. Some unifacial retouch on one side edge.

Rock flake that is light grey and light brown in colour. It has small sections of the cortex present at either end. There is flaking across the dorsal surface.

Rock flake that is light grey and light brown in colour. It has a section of the cortex present on the striking platform. It has flaking across the dorsal surface but no retouching.

Broken chalcedony blade, medial portion remaining. Cream, light orange, and dark brown in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Bilateral retouch on ventral surface, and right lateral margin retouch on dorsal surface.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on lower blade, bruised on rest of adze. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Black's Farm Heriot written on back.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground. There is flaking at the poll and on the back, next to the bevel. There is minor delineation between blade and poll, with the sides tapering towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt, with chipping.

Chalcedony core that is mid orange and white. The cortex is white and runs across one side.