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Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Rectangular. Surface is ground with some flaking around sides and break. Butt not present. Bevel not present or continuous with break. Cutting edge is rounded, smooth, and sharp in some places with minor chipping.

Complete pounamu pendant. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at both ends and a large flake at the back. The proper right has sawing marks down the whole length of the pendant. The proper left has light sawing marks. Both ends are chipped.

complete curved fishhook point. 4 notches on one edge at the base, one notch on the opposite edge.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, asymmetrical at blade. Surface is ground with heavy flaking. Butt has minor differentiation, sides are reduced. Bevel is demarcated by an angled line which runs to both corners. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly rounded with some chipping on the proper left.

Broken comb made from a split bone, previously broken in several pieces and glued back together and two of five teeth have broken off. Head is squared off, with decorative notches on the proximal edge and down both sides. Remaining three teeth are tapered to sharp points at the distal end.

Incomplete bone comb, five vertical cut marks at the distal end indicating unfinished teeth. One additional cut mark is complete. Another cut mark runs horizontally above the others. Reduced on one side, with a rounded, grooved projection. Shape is trapezoidal, tapering toward the distal end. Concave cross section.

Broken bone comb, one side edge of the head is broken off and teeth are all broken off at various points. Proximal end is rounded. There is a rounded projection on one side edge about halfway down the head. Eight teeth are broken off at the head; five additional teeth are more complete, but are also broken at the distal end.

Broken bone comb, head remaining. Proximal end is rounded. One side edge has a knobbed projection, the proximal edge of which has serrations. There is a set of very small serrations below the projection on the side edge. Distal edge has evidence of many small broken teeth.

Broken bone comb, head remaining. Proximal end is rounded, with a slight projection on one side edge. Remnants of about 20 teeth, all broken near the base of the head.

Broken whalebone heru (comb). It is missing two teeth and a portion of the proper left side. The proper left side of the comb has been worn in, potentially to accomodate an ornamental feature which has broken off. The proper left lateral margin has notches from the break to the top of the teeth. Six teeth remain. There is a crack originating at the top of the comb, along with some chipping.

Adze roughout. Irregular cross-section. Flaked surface. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by flake scars. Cutting edge is oblique and unfinished. "Brighton I" inscription

Complete adze. Light grey stone. Surface is ground. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with the back narrower than the front. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides are tapered towards the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but flaked, particularly on the proper left side. "Black Jack's PT" and "Ravensbourne" inscriptions.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Surface is ground with heavy bruising all over, and flaking on the back. The poll is flaked away on the right side proper. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by lines that meet in an apex mid-blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Large grey adze, with hammer dressing obvious on the mostly unworked ovoid cross sectioned poll end. Underside has many depressions. Top surface mostly smooth, with some depressions. Wide bevelled surface, curved in shape.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical at poll, rectangular at blade. Surface is ground with heavy flaking on back and bruising on butt and poll. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by very faint lines that meet in an apex mid-blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is completely ground on the front. The back is almost completely covered with rough patches, except for the blade. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and straight, chipped along sides.

Complete adze. Plano-convex, front and back both curved. Surface is bruised. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated with a faint line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is ground on back and front lower blade, bruised on front butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper left of butt tapers towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight. "Murdering Beach" written on back.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground with flaking around the poll. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by faint line.

Mostly complete pounamu hei tiki. Dark green and light brown. Surface is ground, with large flake broken off bottom proper right leg. Head is tilted to the proper left side and large in proportion to body. Suspension hole drilled mostly from the back, on knob at top of head. Deep-set eyes carved. Mouth and tongue indicated by shallow grooves. Arms curved outward with hands resting on thighs. Legs joined at the bottom. Perforations at arms and legs. Bevel on both sides of the distal edge resembles a cutting edge, indicating that this may have been reworked from an adze.