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Rakahau te Kohika
Mahi whakairo
Broken adze, blade remaining Cross-section is trapezoidal Surface is ground with some flaking on proper right side Butt is not present Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp with flake missing from proper left side
Complete pounamu adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the proper right back corner and poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.
Broken pounamu adze, proper left poll and front of blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the back. There is sawing marks on the proper left. The bevel is flaked off. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.
Taoka Māori
Complete, curved fishhook point.
Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the poll and bruising on the poll’s proper right. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, blunt and chipped.
He kura
Small straight piece of pounamu, tapered to a point at one end and broken at the other end.
Complete pounamu drill point or needle. The cross section is circular at the point and rectangular at the poll. The surface is ground. The poll is tapered to a blunt edge. The cutting edge is pointed and blunt.
Broken pounamu gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the break. The proper right back has sawing marks. The bevel is demarcated by a diagonal straight line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.
Complete threader, large.
Complete fish gorge, sharpened at both ends.
Broken fish gorge, tips missing from both ends.
Broken fish gorge, one sharpened end remaining.
Mostly complete straight fishhook point with upper tip absent. External basal and lower knobs.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the tip missing and splits in the bone along the point. There is an upper, external barb.
Complete, straight, fishhook point with a serrated, upper internal barb and lower, external basal notches.
Complete straight fishhook point. External and internal notches. External and internal serrated barbs.
Complete straight fishhook point with incurved tip. External basal and upper notches. Internal lower and upper notches. Externally and internally serrated tip.