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Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground, with some bruising at butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides and front reduced, forming small shoulder. Proper left of poll reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Sandhills near Invercargill written on sticker on back. Near Invercargill written on front. Dr. Hocken's Collection printed on sticker on front.

Complete adze. Light brown and dark greenstone. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is ground with bruising around the butt and flaking at the poll. There are shoulders and a reduction in the stone at the sides of the butt. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and chipped. There are two paper labels adhered to the back of the blade: "Dr. Hocken's Collection" and "Found at Milford Sound when driving piles for Sutherland's house. Probably as old as Cap Cook's house."

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green with white inclusions. Surface is ground smooth. One complete and one broken suspension hole. Serrations running along both sides from the proximal end to the distal ends. Distal end is a curved, crescent-moon shape, with one end slightly longer than the other. Edges are rounded.

Complete adze. Light greenstone. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is ground with flake scarring on the back proper right. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a line on the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with a shallow chip at its centre. The adze has a piece of paper adhered to the back that reads "Moritzson Collection" and one on the front "A. Moritzson Collection". There is also a round sticker with handwritten "376" (or 3/6?)

Unfinished adze. Green and brown stone. The cross-section is irregular. The surface has ground areas on both sides of the blade, and flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a line in the stone. It is asymmetrical and flaked. The cutting edge is flaked and blunt. There is a label saying "A. Moritzson Collection." on the front of the adze.

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Front and sides reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge. Blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Light brown stone. The cross-section is oval. The surface is bruised and flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The butt has a large flake scar on the proper right back. The proper right side of the bevel is ground and the left side is flaked. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, sharp and asymmetrical. "Milford Sound" written on front.

Complete adze. Light brown pounamu. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is mostly unworked with some ground and flaked areas. There is a reduction in the sides of the butt on the back. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge and the change in surface from ground to flaked. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with flake scars on both corners.

Pakohu/argillite pendant. Dark grey with a ground surface. Wedge in cross section. Proximal end is tapered and has a deep groove and shallower cutting marks for lashing. One side edge is flattened and the other comes to a blunt edge. Distal end is oblique and chipped, with a bevel on one side, indicating that this may have been reworked from an adze.

Complete pounamu adze Cross-section is rectangle. The surface is ground with heavy flaking at poll and down sides. The proper right side has sawing marks. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete pounamu adze Cross-section is rectangle. The surface is ground with heavy flaking at poll. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a straight ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete unfinished adze. Green, brown and black stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked and bruised with ground areas on the blade. There is a reduction in the stone on the front and proper right of the butt. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, sharp and has some chips.

Complete shark's tooth pendant. Two complete suspension holes at the root. Naturally-occurring serrations along the sides from the gum line to the tip.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey and black stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly ground on the front and back of the blade, bruised on the sides and has flake scars at the poll. There is a thick line of bruising on the front at the base of the butt. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by bruised edges on the sides and a subtle curved line halfway up the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and curved with a couple of chips. "Stewart Island" is written in pencil on the proper left back.

Complete shark's tooth pendant.Two suspension holes at the root, one broken and one complete. Naturally-occurring serrations from the gum line to the tip.

Complete korowai (cloak with twisted tags). The kaupapa (main body) is flax with twisted whenu (strands) tags added across the surface. The side borders are ornamented with paru-dyed flax and edged with feathers. The weft strands of the side borders are alternating blocks of red and green wool, and blocks of natural fibre. The bottom of the side panels have degraded and much of the dyed flax has been lost. The bottom edge of the kaupapa is ornamented by a tasselled woollen edging alternating dark purple, brown, yellow and cream. Woven into the base of the kaupapa are five whenu (strands) of wool, alternating red and dark purple, finishing with a whiri (plait) of red and green woven together. The top edge is ornamented with whenu of both wool and flax and a flax tasselling. At the top corners additional coloured wool tags have been added, along with longer flax tags for securing the garment.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on back, and flaking on sides. Minor differentiated between butt and blade, proper left side tapers towards poll, proper right side does not taper. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved, also slightly oblique. Sticker on back reads "G. H Attwood Toitois".

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark grey, mid green, silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and back of blade, bruised on butt and flaked on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, possible fragment missing from proper right side. Sticker on back reads " G H Attwood Toitoi's".

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is mostly bruised. Lower proper-left area of blade on back is ground. Front area of blade is also mostly ground, flaking on lower proper-left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Broken adze (fragment of front of adze missing). Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly bruised and flaked, bevel is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge not present along with large fragment of front adze missing. "Greenhill Near Bluff" written on back.