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Chalcedony flake. Cortex present. Some bruising on external surface. Flake scars on internal surface.

Chalcedony flake. Cortex present.

Complete adze Oval at poll, rectangular at blade. Bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation; right side proper has been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line across blade. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly rounded, with the left side proper flaked away.

Complete mere pounamu. Surface is ground. There is an off-centre perforation that has been drilled from both sides in the proximal handle end. There is a short sawing mark on the proximal handle end. The butt is rounded and sides that taper to the start of the blade, which then flare out till the distal end, which is rounded. There is a small chip in the distal end.

Worked pounamu. The surface is ground. There is a complete sawing mark of the proper right. The proper left has deep diagonal sawing marks on both sides of the stone.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green inanga variety with low translucency. Adze-shaped. Surface is polished. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the proximal end. Proximal edge is rounded and chipped. Distal end is sharp and straight, with a large chip off proper left side. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line.

Pounamu hei tiki. Dark green tangiwai/bowenite, Anita Bay source. Missing most of its right leg. Head is tilted towards its left side. Relatively small eyes with some red sealing wax in evidence. Large tongue protrudes from mouth. Left hand with three fingers rests on thigh while right arm is bent around towards left shoulder. Right hand with three fingers rests on chest. There is a single suspensory straight walled perforation hole at top of the head indicating possible use of mechanical drill.

Complete adze. Light green pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and flaked with sawing marks proper left side. No differentiation between the butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge has been flaked away. "Waverley Dunedin" inscription.

complete Roughly rectangular blade becoming oval at the butt. Narrowing in the side towards the poll. The surface is ground. Minor differentiation between the blade and the butt, with slight reduction on the butt. The bevel is curved and demarcated by a visible ridge. The cutting edge is curved, oblique and sharp.

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 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 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.

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.