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Complete adze Cross-section is trapezoidal on the blade and circular on the butt. Surface is ground with some flaking around the butt Minor differentiation between the butt and blade; proper right side is reduced slightly Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and flaked

Complete adze Cross-section is circular on the butt and rectangular on the blade. Surface is bruised with large flake off back proper left side Major differentiation between the butt and blade. Sides are tapered toward the poll and front is reduced with a ridge Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some bruising on front of butt and sides Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Sides are tapered toward the poll and proper right side is slightly reduced Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp

Complete adze. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface on the back side is bruised until the bevel which is ground. The front is mainly bruised with part of the blade being ground. There is major differentiation on the proper right hand side of the butt as the side reduces towards the poll. There is also a slight reduction on the proper right hand side and both sides have slightly raised shoulders. The bevel is demarcated by the chance from bruised surface to ground surface by a irregular line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with a minor chip on the proper left hand side.

Complete adze. The cross section of the blade is rectangular. The cross section of the butt is approximately plano-convex with the back flattened. The surface is ground. There is a textured gold mark on the proper left side near the butt which resembles a fingerprint. The butt is differentiated by a reduction of the front at the shoulder, and a transition from rectangular to plano-convex cross section. There are three, transverse, finger shaped valleys across the front of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight but asymmetrical with the proper left side of the blade shorter than the proper right side. The edge is blunt.

Broken piece of adze, bevel end only. Medium green/grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with a ground area and some flaking at the end of the blade and flaking at the break. The bevel is continuous with the blade, only distinct because of its mostly smooth surface. The cutting edge is asymmetrical, curved and sharp.