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Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
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.
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.
Chalcedony drill point. Mid brown, dark brown, cream, and white in colour. Flake scars present. Weathering on one surface.
Chalcedony core that is mid grey and light grey in colour. The majority of the core is covered by cortex.
Chalcedony core that is mid brown and dark grey in colour. The majority of the core is covered by cortex.
Chalcedony flake.
Chalcedony flake. Ventral surface is weathered.
Chalcedony flake. Cortex present.
Complete chalcedony blade. There is unifacial retouch on the ventral surface on the proper right lateral margin and at the termination.
Chalcedony flake. Weathering present. Large flake scars on surface.
Chalcedony flake. There is cortex present.
Chalcedony flake. Weathering present.
