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Broken adze (section of lower blade remaining). Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by a line. Cutting edge not present. Otago Central written on back.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, flaking on sides and bevel. Butt not present. Bevel continuous with blade, deep flakes on bevel. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, chips on front of mid-cutting edge. Otago Central written on back.

Broken adze (butt and upper blade remaining - large fragment missing from proper right back butt, another fragment missing from proper right poll).Stone. Black. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval. Surfaces of upper blade ground, bruised on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced to form shoulder. Bevel and cutting edge not present. Otago Central written on back.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Stone. Black. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground, except where broken. Butt not present. Bevel continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Large chip on proper right side. Otago Central written on back.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Stone. Brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some flaking on sides. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Otago Central written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surfaces of front and back are ground, flaked on sides and poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel continuous with blade, cutting edge curved but heavily chipped. Otago Central written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Back of butt slopes upwards towards poll. Bevel demarcated by a line, cutting edge is blunt and curved, heavily chipped. Otago Central written on back.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is oval. Surface of lower blade is ground, flaked on other surfaces. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Poll heavily flaked. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, chip mid cutting edge. Otago Central written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on back of blade. All other surfaces bruised. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, proper left side reduced towards poll, proper right side not reduced. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Otago central written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of back is ground, surfaces of front and sides bruised. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced so it slopes down towards poll, sides taper to poll. Bevel continuous with blade, cutting edge too heavily chipped to determine shape or sharpness/

Complete adze. Stone. Grey. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Cross-section of butt is semi-circular, back flattened. Surface is ground. Some kind of lichen-like substance on proper right side. Dark stains on back bade. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming shoulder, proper left side of poll chipped. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge heavily chipped, but is straight. Otago Central written on back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid-green. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface of front and back blade is ground, surfaces of sides and butt are bruised and flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced. Bevel demarcated by a ridge. cutting edge is sharp and curved. Area between ridge and poll on back is concave.

Complete wooden patu aruhe (beater for preparing fern root). Possibly kowhai, plain triangular shaped head (irregularly rounded) with bruised front face ridge. Ridge at rear which tapers down to a round handle. A small burn site at butt end of handle which is also irregularly rounded.

Wooden patu aruhe (beater for preparing fern root), possibly kowhai. Narrow blade, ending in curved edge. Cross-section is oval. Blade tapers slightly to handle. Handle ends with a rounded knob.

Wooden digging stick, pointed at each end. Dark brown with a smooth, varnished surface.

Broken wooden digging stick, distal end remaining, which tapers to a dull point. Point has a lenticular cross section. There is an oval perforation about one-third from the remaining end.

Broken hoe (waka paddle), grip missing. The shaft thickens slightly at the throat and continues as a ridge a short distance down the front of the blade. The blade has been broken and glued back together approximately 1/4 of the way from the shaft. The blade is flat on the front but convex on the back. The tip is chipped.

Complete wooden pouwhenua. The mata (point) end is decorated with light whakairo (carving). The carving style is atypical, with the grooves not being deep enough to form true haehae (carved ridges). The rau (blade) end is curved and there is chipping along the edge. There are surface fractures running the length of the shaft.

Complete maul (mallet) with handle - round in cross section. Maul head has deep recession, approximately 11x5x4.5cm deep with lip flush with handle. There is a deeper perforation in the bottom of this recession. On the outer sides of the maul head there are six longitudinal and parallel grooves along three sides of head. Burnt and charred in places on head. The handle is round and smooth, with a slight knob at the proximal end.

complete Oval to plano convex, slightly more flattened back. Circular butt. The cutting edge and bevel are ground, remainder of adze bruised. Minor differentiation between the butt and the blade, reduced front and sides from blade to butt. The butt tapers towards the pole (so that the butt is longer on the back than the front). The bevel is indistinguishable from the blade. Bevel is flat, cutting edge is curved and sharp but chipped.