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Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some bruising on sides ad butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, and back of butt slopes up towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp. Large chip missing on the proper right side, small chips on the proper left side and mid-cutting edge. Hedgehope Southland written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, bruised on sides, large flake scars on back. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, back of butt slopes up towards poll. Hedgehope Southland written on front.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Stone. Brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, large depressions on front. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Port Craig Southland written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly bruised, becoming ground on lower blade, some flaking on poll. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides slightly reduced forming small shoulder. Back of butt slopes up towards poll. Laura Station Hokonui written on front.

Broken adze (blade and lower butt remaining). Stone. Black. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is semi-circular, back flattened. Surface is bruised, ground on cutting edge. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front heavily reduced forming large shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, concave. Hedgehope Southland written on front.

Complete adze ( broken in 2 at the butt). Stone. Black, mid red. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal with back narrower than front, and front rounded. Cross-section of butt is semi-circular, back flattened. Surface is mostly ground, becoming bruised on the back and on butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, shoulder demarcated by a ridge, front reduced after ridge. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Hedgehope Southland" written on front of both pieces of adze.

Complete adze. Stone. Grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, some light bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Back of butt slopes up to meet poll. Two large indentations on front of butt. Bevel is demarcated by a slight ridge at chin. Cutting edge is sharp and straight. Hedgehope Southland written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced and taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, chipped. Hedgehope Southland written on back.

Complete chisel. Stone. black. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Indentation worked into the middle of the chisel on the back, making the overall shape concave. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight. Hedgehope Southland written on front.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete roughout. Stone. Black. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel unfinished, cutting edge blunt and curved, unfinished. Hedgehope Southland written on front.

Complete bone pendant with suspension hole. Groups of ornamental grooves at proximal end and at mid-shaft.

Broken adze (Butt and back of blade remaining). Stone. Black. Cross-section of butt is oval, cross-section of blade indeterminable. Surface is bruised. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge not present, entire front of blade missing. Port Craig Southland written on front.

Broken adze (blade remaining and lower butt). Stone. Dark grey flecked with black. Cross-section is trapezoidal, back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming shoulder. There is a ridge just break. Bevel is demarcated by a line, bevel is concave, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Southland (?) written on front.

Adze roughout. Light grey stone with patches of light brown. The cross-section is irregular. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. Each side of the blade tapers in from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is roughly shaped by flake scars. The cutting edge is irregular. There is a "y" written on the front of the blade.

Broken bowl, the sides of one end have been broken off. Elongated with short sides, creating a shallow bowl. The remaining end has a high-sided V shaped projection. The bottom of the bowl is flat, inside smoothed. The surface of the outside is smoothed along sides with the broken end rough. There is a visible repair where previously broken, and several cracks along bottom and sides.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly bruised, with some ground areas on blade. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming a small shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped along cutting edge. Otahiri Southland written on front and back.

Broken bone point, tip remaining. Point is sharp.

Complete adze Cross-section is asymmetrical Surface is bruised on the blades and sides. Surface of butt is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Roughout of adze. Mid grey stone. Irregular quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is a small irregular patch of ground stone. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with a large chip on the proper right.