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Complete Trapezoidal cross-section. Front slightly wider than back. The surface is ground and bruised. There is a slight reduction towards the butt end and edges are rounded off. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is sharp, curved and lightly chipped at the edges.

Complete fishhook point, curved and barbed. Wide base with notch.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Ground with bruising on poll and along saw mark on proper right side. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper to poll. Bevel demarcated by faint horizontal line crossing blade. Cutting edge is straight, angled and sharp with minor chipping. Prominent sawing marks down both sides.

Broken adze (blade and lower butt remaining). Pounamu. Light green, mid green, light grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, with bruising on sides. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, proper left side tapers towards break, proper right side reduced but flares out before break. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped along cutting edge. "? Taieri P." written on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, flaked at poll. Sawing marks down proper left side, and down front of blade. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, poll angles down from proper left to proper right. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Incomplete Asymmetrical/Trapezoidal Front of blade is ground with deep flaking/bruising to the left side. Front of blade also has a distinct trench like marking to the right side. Back of blade is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll portion has been broken off the blade. Bevel is demarcated with distinct ridge. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp.

Incomplete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade has deep bruising at top portion of blade, whereas bottom half is ground. Back of blade is ground with small chip to the left. No differentiation between butt and blade. Blade has been broken in half with only bevel portion being present. Bevel is demarcated with a ridge. Cutting edge is more straight than curved and appears sharp.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front Front of blade is ground with minor flaking at the left side. Back of blade is also ground with small flake/chipping at top. No differentiation between butt and blade. Blade tapers in towards poll though. Bevel is demarcated with faint ridge. Cutting edge is more straight and sharp.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground with minor scratching. Back of blade is also ground with flaking/chip marking to the bottom left. Right side has distinct ridge running vertically down blade. No differentiation between butt and blade. Slight reduction from blade towards poll is present. Bevel is demarcated with a ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Incomplete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground. Back of blade is also ground, however has bruising to the right side. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll portion has broken off the blade. Bevel is demarcated with line. Cutting edge is rounded and sharp.

Complete pounamu chisel. Light green and light grey in colour. Surface is heavily worn and bruised. Tapered to a point at the poll. Bevel on both sides, each demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Pounamu chisel, broken at the poll. Light green and light brown in colour. Surface is ground. Cross section is rectangular. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Broken pounamu chisel, blade remaining. Light green in colour. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross section is trapezoidal. Bevel on both sides, each demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, plano-convex (back flattened) at blade. Bruised with minor flaking. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll. Bevel demarcated by very faint horizontal line across blade. Cutting edge has been flaked away. Prominent sawing marks down the sides.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, mid green. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Cross-section of butt is rectangular. Surface is ground, some flaking on butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. South Otago. written on front.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant in the shape of a fish. Dark green, diagonal variety split inanga/kawakawa. Surface has been ground smooth, with some flaking on one side at the proximal end. Profile is somewhat convex. Proximal end indicating the fish's head with a suspension hole for an eye and a drilled notch for the mouth. Proximal end is somewhat reduced. One side edge is serrated and other is smooth. Distal edge is sharp and similar to the cutting edge of an adze, with a bevel on one side demarcated by a line.

Complete adze. Rectangular and curved. Ground with a large linear flake on the back. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll. Bevel continuous with blade and tapers down to cutting edge which is smooth, rounded and not very sharp. There are minor chips on the cutting edge. Right side proper has serration along the side. There are cleanly drilled holes in the top of the butt and on the right side proper of the shoulder area.

Complete kawakawa pounamu/nephrite pendant. Bright green with high translucency and black inclusions. Surface has been ground smooth. Elongated with distal end tapering to rounded V. Proximal end rounded with irregularly-shaped suspension hole, almost broken out indicating extended wear.

Complete Adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some flaking and bruising in chipped areas. No differentiation between butt and blade. Slight tapering toward poll. Heavy chipping of butt on front and back, poll missing. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Green and light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical - almost rectangular, if not for sawing mark down proper right side. Surface is ground, with sawing mark on proper right side. Both ends of adze are bevelled with cutting edges. Bevel on both ends are continuous with blade. Larger cutting edge is chipped on proper left side, and is sharp and curved. Smaller cutting edge is sharp and curved.