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Worked bone with curved grooves carved on one side. Broken along one edge with small piece broken off and glued back on. Concave profile.

Complete Adze Oval cross-section. The blade is ground with some bruising at the sides. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade, the side are slightly reduced. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is sharp, curved and lightly chipped.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground with some bruising. J-shaped, tapering to a curved point at the distal end.

Complete paddle. Handle oval in section and expands gently to blade. Proximal end has a long, diamond cross-sectioned knob that comes to a point. Sides of blade widen near the distal end, and then taper approximately 70cm from the end. Blade has longitudinal central ridge on front and back.

Broken bone comb, proper right portion of head and two teeth remaining. Right side tooth is complete and the other is broken near the head. Head is squared off, with sawing marks on the proximal edge. Sawing and polishing marks visible on the front of the head, particularly where the head meets the teeth. Remaining tooth comes to a point at the distal end.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground on lower blade, with areas of bruising, becoming more bruised and flaked towards butt, mostly bruised on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front edges reduced, front slopes towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, small chips along cutting edge, large chip towards proper right side. Partial sticker remaining on back. "Sumner" written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is partially ground on front and back, with heavy flaking on sides and around butt, intermittent bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is partially demarcated by a line, also by flake scars on bevel. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. "Sumner." written on front.

Broken adze (cutting edge missing). Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is partially ground, with flaking on front poll, and light bruising across back, sides and front butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge not present. "Sumner." written on front.

Broken adze (butt and portion of blade remaining). Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is ground on front blade and on back where unbroken. Surface is flaked on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced, however, reduction amount unknown as sides of blade are broken off. Bevel and cutting edge not present, large fragment missing from back of blade portion. "Sumner." written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on bevel and most of front blade, bruised on butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Bevel is very flat and smooth. "Sumner." written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is semi-circular with front flattened. Surface is ground on front and back , flaking on sides and poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper left side. "Sumner." written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground on front butt and lower blade, flaked around mid-section and sides. Surface is ground on back. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced with surface change from ground to flaked and then back to ground on poll. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, lightly curved at corners of cutting edge. "Sumner." written on back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on back and partially on front, flaked on front and sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. "Sumner" written on back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and down front blade, bruised on back, as well as around butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced slightly and then taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some light bruising around sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper left side does not reduce, but proper right side tapers heavily towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Sumner" written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, bruised at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides widen towards poll and taper towards cutting edge. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line, is slightly concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. "Sumner." [partially obscured] written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground, except for poll and proper right front edge, which are flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. "Sumner." written on front.

Complete wooden patu aruhe (beater for preparing fern root). Spatula shaped blade with parallel sides and a lenticular cross-section. The distal end is rounded. There is a distinct shoulder between the upper blade and the handle. The handle is circular in cross-section with knob on proximal end. There is a build-up of dirt on both sides of the blades. There are several hair cracks on surface.

Complete fan shell pendant with suspension hole.

Complete, straight fishhook point with one lower, internal barb and one upper, internal barb. There is a external barb a third of the way down the point. It has external, lower notches.