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Incomplete adze. Asymmetrical. Bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by faint curved ridge. Cutting edge blunt, straight and chipped.

Incomplete adze. Oval at break, lenticular at blade. Bruised and flaked, some areas ground. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by faint line. Cutting edge slightly rounded, moderately sharp and heavily chipped.

Broken patu onewa, complete in two pieces. Surface is ground. There are several chips around the edges of the blade. There is a perforation at the handle - drilled from both sides. The patu onewa has been broken through the handle at the perforation. The other piece features the knob of the handle, with four grooves on either side of the oval knob with a central ridge between.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Ground with flaking down sides and on back Butt has minor differentiation; right side proper has been reduced above shoulder. Bevel flaked away. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded with minor chipping.

Complete adze. Quadrangular. Surface is bruised and flaked Butt has minor differentiation - sides are tapered toward poll. Bevel demarcated by very faint ridge. Cutting edge is straight, sharp and heavily chipped.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with front narrower than back. Bruised with some ground areas. Butt has differentiation, sides taper sharply toward poll. Bevel demarcated by strong line. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and rounded.

Complete adze Circular at poll; oval at blade. Ground around lower blade, bruised and flaked from mid-blade up to poll. Butt has minor differentiation; sides have been tapered slightly. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line running up from the right side proper corner on an angle up the blade. Cutting edge is rounded, smooth and blunt.

Complete adze. Oval at poll; plano-convex at blade with front flattened. Cutting edge below bevel is ground, the rest is heavily bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by strong curved line running from corner to corner of cutting edge. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and very faintly rounded.

Complete adze Asymmetrical at poll; plano-convex with front flattened at blade. Ground in centre of front and back, heavily bruised and flaked around edges. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is rough, blunt, slightly rounded and heavily chipped.

Complete adze Triangular with apex to front at poll, lenticular at blade. Ground on front of blade. Heavily bruised and flaked elsewhere. Butt has major differentiation, sides have been reduced. Bevel flaked away. Cutting edge is sharp, uneven and chipped.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Mostly ground surface, with areas of natural stone roughness. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with chips missing along cutting edge.

Complete adze. Rectangular at poll, asymmetrical at blade. Ground with flaking down sides and across the front right side proper, and around poll. Butt flaked off. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line running across blade. Cutting edge is curved on an angle, blunt and chipped.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Flaked with minor bruising. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by a strong angled line. Cutting edge is sharp and flaked away on the left side proper.

Incomplete adze. Rectangular. Ground, with bruising and flaking around right side proper and break. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by straight angled line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Ground with bruising and flaking around edges. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by strong angled line running across blade. Cutting edge is straight, sharp and smooth. Prominent sawing marks down both sides.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Ground with bruising and flaking down back and on sides. Butt has minor differentiation - sides taper in somewhat. Bevel demarcated by straight line running across blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and on a slightly rounded angle.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is square. The surface is ground with flaking on the butt and front of poll. There is bruising on the proper right. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and chipped.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground with flaking on the front, back and poll. The proper right has a large sawing mark. There is minor delineation as the sides taper to the poll. No bevel is obvious. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Complete soapstone pendant. Light green-brown colour. Oblong shape, slightly tapered at one end, with a square cross section. Surface has been ground. Suspension hole in the centre of the pendant. Four edges have long serrated notches along them.

Mostly complete pounamu chisel, broken piece at the proximal end. Dark green kawakawa variety with feather fractures. Oval cross section. Surface is ground but flaked and bruised, especially on the back side. Slightly tapered toward the cutting edge, which is curved and chipped.