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Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey, light grey. Cross-section is triangular, with apex to back, but front is rounded. Surface of lower blade is ground, surfaces of front and back of blade and butt are flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides of butt taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, 2 chips mid cutting edge. Wakapatu written on bevel.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid green, mid brown, light yellow, mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly flaked, bruising and ground area on front of blade. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is flaked, unfinished. Cutting edge is blunt and curved, unfinished.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey, mid brown. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, some flaking on back, particularly back of butt. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Wakapatu written on front.

Broken adze (upper blade to butt remaining). Stone. Mid green, dark brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, with some flake scars on back and butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge not present. Wakapatu written on front.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove and bruising on both ends

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Fishhook point fragment, curved with base broken.

Broken toggle, longitudinal fragment remaining. Serrated at both ends, with a large perforation through the centre of the fragment.

Complete patu paraoa with cut out perforation on the handle. Butt is triangular in shape and has carved (reke) out horizontal grooves. Underside of blade has cracks running along the surface of the blade on an angle. Minor chips and scratching are also present over the blade surface. The opposite side of blade has bruising/porous like markings over the surface, and a crack running from blade side edge down to mid-point of blade at the bottom portion. Small chips present around the blades point edge too.

Complete adze Quadrangular cross-section. Front of blade is ground with slight flake scars. Back of blade is ground with flake/scratch scars. On the left side there is also a sawing scar. Undifferentiated between blade and butt. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Bevel also has deep chip in the centre portion. Bevel is more straight than curved and cutting edge is slightly blunt.

Complete adze. Greenstone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground with bruising on the sides and flake scars on the sides and butt. 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 an uneven ridge. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and on an angle.

Complete adze. Greenstone with black strip on poll and proper left. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with a flaked poll. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll from the cutting edge. The bevel is demarcated by a light curved line. The cutting edge is sharp with flake scars on the proper left.

Complete adze. Light brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised. There are large flake scars on the front of the blade. There is major distinction between the butt and the blade. There is a large protruding shoulder on the front of the blade, and the front of the butt is reduced. The poll is circular and has a sloped end with possible lugs at the edge. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is blunt and chipped.

Complete adze. Dark brown stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. There is major distinction between the butt and the blade, with rounded shoulders on each side on the front and a reduction in the stone on the sides. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze. Dark greenish brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly smooth on both sides of the blade, and bruised and flaked on the sides and butt. There is some distinction between the butt and the blade, with a reduction in the stone at the butt and an irregular curved line. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. There are the remnants of a paper label adhered to the back of the blade.

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface of the blade is mostly ground, with bruising on the butt, with some flake scars. Major differentiation between the butt and the blade. Distinct shoulder and a reduction in the stone on the front and sides of the butt. Bevel is continuous with the blade. The bevel is concave. The cutting edge is curved, asymmetrical and sharp.

Complete unfinished adze. Dark brown stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly bruised with ground areas on the blade. There is major differentiation between the butt and the blade, with a rounded shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone on the front of the butt. The poll is oblique and flaked. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and chipped. There is a remnant of a sticker adhered to the back of the blade, and "Orepuki [illegible year]" and "15" written on the front. [A detached circular sticker with "Orepuki by Mr Fortune 1899" written on it was sitting under this adze and may have come from it.]

Complete adze. Brown stone. The cross-section is oval. The surface is mostly bruised with some ground areas on both sides of the blade. There is a slight rounded shoulder on the front of the blade. The bevel is demarcated by ridges on both sides that taper towards the centre. The cutting edge is sharp and curved.