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Incomplete adze, blade and bevel end only. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked was small ground areas. The bevel is demarcated by a flake scar and the cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is mostly ground, brusing and flaking on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to form small shoulder. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. Black stone. Thin rectangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised, with ground areas on the blade, and flaking on the sides. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is made distinct by its smooth surface. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with a chip on the proper right. "3-3-39" is written on pencil on the front of the blade.

Complete adze. Stone (doesn't look like pounamu to me). Black. Cross-section is semi-circular, with front flattened. Surface is ground, with some light bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Southland? written on back.

Complete adze Cross-section of butt is circular, cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between and butt and blade. Front heavily reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge

Complete adze. Black stone. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is smooth on the blade and bruised at the sides. There are flake scars on the butt and back of the blade. There is no distinction between the blade and the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade and curved. The cutting edge is sharp and chipped.

Broken adze (butt remaining) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of back is ground. Sides and front are bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade. Blade not present.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rounded rectangular. Surface is ground, though you can see flaking on butt and sides of blade. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Sides reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade and is slightly concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Chips on proper left and proper right of cutting edge.

Worked pounamu. The surface is ground. There is a complete sawing mark of the proper right. The proper left has deep diagonal sawing marks on both sides of the stone.

Complete adze. Dark grey stone. The cross-section is triangular. The surface is mostly bruised with ground areas on the lower blade. There is a pointed shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone on the front of the butt. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade but demarcated by its ground surface. The cutting edge is blunt and chipped.

Complete adze. Dark grey and brown stone. Surface is bruised and ground. Cross-section is rectangular. Major differentiation between butt and blade, with the front and sides reduced to form a prominent ridge and shoulders. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "Tokanui" inscription on back

Broken wooden scoop, midsection remaining, broken at proximal and distal end. There is a fragment missing from the bottom of the scoop, near the handle.

Piece of worked wood, broken at each end. Roughly rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Surface is worked smooth and sawn flat on two sides, cracked with a large natural knot on one side. Two complete perforations and three broken perforations run lengthwise along the piece.

Piece of worked wood. Roughly rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Surfaces have been sawn flat and worked smooth. There is a broken perforation at one end. A metal ring has been nailed into one side.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow diagonal lashing groove.

Stone flake. Black with light grey cortex on one side. Dorsal surface has unifacial retouch.

Broken sinker, one half remaining, with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove