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Complete adze Cross-section is triangular, apex is towards the front Surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken adze (Butt and cutting edge fragment missing). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and back. Flaked on butt and cutting edge where fragments have broken off. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, flaked.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval Surface of front is ground. Surface of back is rough. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green tangiwai variety, Piopiotahi source, with horizontal chatoyant bands. Proximal end tapers to a dull point, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Shallow grooves and very small notch just below the suspension hole. Curved, tapering to a sharp point at the distal end.

Complete rough-out. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on the grey areas. All copper coloured areas are naturally rough. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Cast of patu onewa. Sides reduced where blade meets handle, forming a shoulder.

Complete adze. Light brownish green stone. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is mostly ground, with flake scars on the butt and poll. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides taper in towards the poll. A straight line distinguishes the bevel from the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with a chip on the proper right.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular Surface of blade is mostly ground, the rest is rough. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Tangiwai pounamu. Black, silver, mid green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground on most of front and bevel, sides and back are bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, back of adze increases towards butt, so blade is much less deep than butt. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight, oblique. "Moeraki" written on back.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green, dark grey, and silver kawakawa variety. Surface is ground. Elongated oval shape. Proximal end is rounded with an oblique reduction. The suspension hole is drilled from both sides and off-centre. Tapered to the distal end, with a bevel-like reduction on one side.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green, chatoyant, highly translucent tangiwai variety. Surface and edges are ground smooth. Proximal end has some reduction and is squared off with a large suspension hole. Distal end is rounded, with a slightly flattened edge.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green, translucent with white and silver oxidation over most of surface. Straight bird form. Proximal end has a suspension hole drilled from both sides with a projection on one side. Projection edge has a drill mark, representing a bird beak. Two notches at proximal edge. Distal end is slightly curved to one side at a dull point.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular Surface is mostly ground with rough areas. Flaked on lower proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. White stone. Slender rectangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There are shoulders on the sides of the blade and a reduction in the stone to form the butt. There is no obvious bevel, the blade ends at a thin edge.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval Surface is mostly bruised, some ground areas. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Light grey stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is flaked and bruised, with a large flake scar on the proper right of the back of the butt. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. There is no bevel, the adze has a blunt end.

Complete adze. Brownish grey stone with three small patches of lighter brown. The cross-section is oval. The surface is lightly bruised. There is a very slight extra reduction in the sides of the butt as the sides taper towards the poll. There is an indication of a bevel with a slope towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is blunt and rounded.

Incomplete adze. Light brown. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is ground and bruised, with an unworked section on one side of the butt. There is a small shoulder on one side of the blade that distinguishes it from the butt. There is no bevel end, the broken end is flaked.

Broken adze (butt remaining) Cross-section is oval Surface is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Blade not present.

Complete rough out Cross-section is rectangular Surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.