Collection Search

Complete patu aruhe (fern root beater). There is a ridge running from neck towards beater but running out and flattening out towards end of head. There is a shoulder between beater end and handle. There are two significant splits on handle, on opposite sides. There are several smaller splits on sides of beater end. Surface is covered in small cracks, possibly burnt.

Rough out, broken, indeterminate portion Rectangular There are flake scars on front, back and side surfaces.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly bruised. Bevel of the blade is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to form shoulder. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Dark brown stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground, flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is smooth and demarcated by a slight oblique chin. The cutting edge is curved and flaked on the front.

One piece fishhook fragment. Head, shank, knob and base remain, missing tip.

One-piece fishhook. Knob at head. Broken at base and point. Fragment at tip missing.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Stone. Mid grey, light grey, mid brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, but is bruised, possibly unfinished. Cutting edge is blunt and curved. Curio Bay written on front and back.

Broken adze (butt remaining. Butt in 2 pieces, glued together, though pieces don't fit together perfectly). Pounamu. Light green, mid green, and dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground. Sides of butt taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge not present. Curio Bay written on front and back.

Complete curved bone pendant with suspension hole at the proximal end.

Complete straight fishhook point. Internal barb at point, external notches at base.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end. Drilled, circular eye at the proximal end. An old, broken eye at the very end.

Broken needle, proximal end and shaft remaining. Drilled, circular eye at the proximal end. An old, broken eye at the very proximal end. Needle is attached to a velvet covered board by two small lengths of twine.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete adze (hogback). Stone. Grey speckled with black and white. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground on back of blade, bruised on other surfaces. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front heavily reduced forming large shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and straight, chipped. Ardlussa written on back.

Complete roughout. Pounamu. Mid grey, light green, light brown, cream. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is partially ground, particularly on back of butt and on proper right side of front. Rest of adze is flaked and bruised. Sawing mark down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Near Mouth of Mataura written on front.

Complete adze. Dark brown stone. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is ground, with bruising on the butt and flake scars on the back of the butt and the cutting edge. There are small shoulders and a slight reduction in the sides of the butt on the front. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade, with a diagonal depression starting from the centre of the cutting edge. The cutting edge is chipped and asymmetrical.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal with back narrower than front, cross-section of butt is oval Surface is mostly bruised, some flaking on butt. Some differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced forming shoulder. Sides of butt taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Large piece of worked wood with two prongs, use unclear. Surface is rough and cracked, with natural knots still visible.

Complete stake. One end tapers to a point. The other end has one side reduced. There is flaking along the shaft.