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Incomplete patu onewa, butt and handle present, drilled perforation, no tau. Reduced where the butt meets the handle.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground on blade front and back and sides, bruised on butt front, flaked on back sides and back of butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Sides reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, and slightly concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken piece of adze, bevel end only. Green/grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground. The bevel is thin and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and chipped.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground with some bruising on the back and sides of the butt. There is a rectangular piece of paper with writing adhered to the front. The butt is differentiated by a minor reduction of the side at the shoulder. There is an reduction of the butt from the poll towards the middle of the butt creating a flanged end at the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp. There is a chip to the cutting edge at the centre.

Large unfinished adze. Dark grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is a large straight shoulder with square sides and a small indentation in the centre on the front. The stone of the butt is reduced on the front. The butt curved slightly towards the back. The bevel is contusion with the blade. The cutting line is straight and irregular.

Complete adze. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is ground with some flaking on the proper left hand side. There is only minor differentiation between the butt and blade as the proper right hand side has a small shoulder and then tapers in towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with chips on the proper right hand side.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front and back of adze is ground, sides are bruised. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front and back reducing towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by faint line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, with chipping along cutting edge.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone with a patch of white on the back proper left. Lenticular cross-section at the butt, quadrangular at the blade. The surface is mostly flaked and bruised.The sides of the butt are reduced and taper in towards the poll. The bevel has flake scars and ground areas, and is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and asymmetrical. There is illegible writing in pencil on each side of the blade. On the front there is a piece of paper adhered to the stone with "II /" written on it.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, plano-convex (front flattened) at blade. Surface is ground with bruising down the back and on poll. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by curved line running from corner to corner and tapering down to cutting edge. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and straight.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground, with flaking on the cutting edge and down back of right side proper. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by faint line

Complete adze. The cross section is plano-convex with the front flattened. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is a square piece of paper with writing adhered to the front. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is straight but asymmetrical with the proper left side of the blade shorter than the right. The edge is chipped and blunt.

Broken adze (all but cutting edge remaining) Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, except on broken edges. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Though sides taper towards poll. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge broken off.

Complete roughout Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Though sides taper to a point at poll end. Back slopes up to meet poll Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Cutting edge as is blunt and straight.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface of lower blade ground, becoming more flaked towards butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced, but rises again at mid-butt. Back and front of upper butt has been shaped to point at the poll Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete unfinished adze. Light grey stone. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade, although the sides of the butt taper in towards the poll. There is no bevel. The cutting edge is blunt and flaked.

Complete Rectangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground. There is bruising on the back of the blade. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a notch across the width of the blade. The sides of the blade taper from the cutting edge to the poll. The cutting edge is sharp, curved and lightly chipped.

Incomplete adze. Rectangular. Surface is ground with bruising and flaking. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by faint ridge. Cutting edge is uneven, blunt and straight.

Broken adze, only part of mid-blade remaining Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground with ends flaked and chipped off Butt is not present Bevel and cutting edge are not present.