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Complete adze. Stone. Black and dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface of back is mostly ground, with some bruising. Surface of front mostly bruised. Flaking on poll. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides are slightly reduced, and taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Mataura Valley written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Grey, with black flecks. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is semi-circular with back flattened. Surface is ground, bruised on poll. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front heavily reduced forming a large shoulder. There is a ridge mid-butt, and just before poll. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge at the chin, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Mataura Valley written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, bruised on sides of butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front corners of sides of butt reduced, forming a small shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved chipped mid-cutting edge.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey, with black and light grey flecks. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is semi-circular, back flattened. Surface is ground, scratches along back, possibly intentional. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front is heavily reduced. Small ridge at mid-butt. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken adze (blade and lower butt remaining). Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, becoming bruised on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides slightly reduced forming small shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is chipped off. Mataura Valley written on back.

Complete adze. Light greenstone with black inclusions on the proper left side. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with some flaking and bruising. There is no clear distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. There is a hole bored into the top of the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a faint straight line. The cutting edge is blunt and slightly chipped.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, except on proper right side of butt which is bruised. Sawing mark down proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, proper right side tapers towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is blunt and curved, chipped on proper right side. Otago Central written on front.

Complete pounamu pendant. Attached to pounamu toggle D40.539 by a brown three-play rope. Dark green bowenite/tangiwai variety, chatoyant and translucent. Surface is ground. Cross section is lenticular. Seven notches on the proximal edge and a suspension hole drilled from both sides. One side edge is straight, and the other is curved; somewhat squared off at the distal end. Pendant is bevelled on both sides.

Pounamu toggle. Attached to D40.538 by a brown three-ply rope. Light green tahutahi variety; source believed to be Cascade Plateau area. Surface is ground. Triangular shape. Perforation through the centre of the toggle, drilled from both sides. One side has two bevels running lengthwise, demarcated by lines.

Complete bone pendant. Kinked twice along shaft with a suspension hole at the proximal end.

Roughout of side hafted adze. Dark grey and brown stone. Irregular quadrangular cross-section. The surface is bruised and flaked. There is a reduction in the sides of the stone half way up the blade. There is a slope on one side of the blade towards the cutting edge which could indicate a bevel. The cutting edge is irregular and blunt.

Adze roughout. Dark grey stone with a patch of light grey on the poll. Lenticular cross-section. The surface is flaked and ground. There is no distinction between the front and the back. The bevel is demarcated by a light asymmetrical ridge. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone with a layer of brown on both the front and the back. Lenticular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked with ground areas on the lower blade. There is a slight reduction of the stone on the front of the butt. The bevel is mostly continuous with the blade, with an oblique ridge on the right. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the front narrower than the back. The surface is mostly ground with flaking and bruising on the sides. There is a slight reduction in the stone on the front of the butt, demarcated by an oblique irregular line. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade on the proper right. The proper left of the bevel is demarcated by a ridge. The cutting edge is straight, oblique and has small chips.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone with light grey on the back of the blade. Plano-convex cross-section with flattened front. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides and front of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is a flake scar on the proper left side of the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and irregular.

Complete unfinished adze. Dark grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is indicated by an irregular ground area. The cutting edge is blunt, straight and chipped.

Roughout of adze. Dark grey stone with patches of red/brown. Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the upper blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is roughly indicated. The cutting edge is sharp and irregular.

Broken adze, butt end only. Green/grey stone. The cross-section is roughly trapezoidal. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade.

Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on both sides, with flake scar on one surface. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with chipping on one lateral margin. Haft is flat.

Complete greenstone drill point. Triangular cross-section. The surface is ground with small flake scars on the bevel and butt ends. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. There is a long oval groove on one side just above the drill point.