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Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with flaking on the proper left side with bruising on the back. The butt has minor demarcation as the sides taper towards the poll. The proper right has sawing marks. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting is curved and blunt.

Complete chisel Cross-section is circular Surface is ground

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, white, mid brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, with some flaking on butt and back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, chipped.

Broken piece of large adze. Grey stone with dark lines through it. The cross-section is oval. The surface is bruised and flaked at the broken ends. The piece appear to be from the middle section of an adze, neither the butt nor the bevel end. There are a couple of spots of yellow paint on one side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, dark green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, sawing mark down proper left side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, front reduced towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, chipped.

Nephrite/pounamu hei tiki, kawakawa variety, dark green. Scarve cuts across top of head below top knot through which holes bored from both sides in top knot, chip on rear of head one side. Head turned to right with intricate facial features. Grooves along sides of torso. Perforations at arms and legs. Arms rest on thighs. Legs meet at the centre with three toes.

Broken pounamu gouge, distal end of blade remaining. Surface is ground. Cross section is rectangular with rounded corners. Bevel is demarcated by a line and change in surface. Cutting edge is tapered, sharp, and curved.

Complete adze. Rectangular Surface is ground with bruising and flaking in many areas. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by a faint curved line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, some natural roughness present. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical at poll, plano-convex with front flattened at back. Surface is ground with heavy flaking and bruising down right side proper and across back Butt has minor differentiation, sides and front have been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by lines running from each corner curved up to an apex in the centre of the blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded with minor chipping.

Incomplete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground with outer edges being bruised. Back of blade is also ground. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll/butt portion is not present on blade. Bevel is demarcated with faint line. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp.

Broken pounamu chisel, poll not present. Dark green in colour with high transparency. Surface is ground on the back and bruised on the front. Bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp, with a chip missing off the proper left side.

Broken pounamu chisel, poll is not present. Dark green and mid green in colour. Surface is ground. Cutting edge is slightly oblique and sharp. Bevel on each side, demarcated by a straight line on one side and a curved line on the other.

Piece of broken worked pounamu, possibly a chisel. Mid green in colour. Surface is ground on one side and bruised on the other, with sawing marks on one side edge. Cross section is rectangular. Broken at each end, one end tapered and bevelled, possibly indicated a broken cutting edge.

Piece of worked greenstone, triangular shape. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground. One end is faceted and the other is a broken point.

Complete unfinished adze. Greenstone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with heavy flaking on the proper right side. The proper left side has a long saw mark. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. the side of the blade is straight on the proper left and irregular and tapering in towards the poll on the proper right. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, sharp and slightly chipped.

Broken adze, only part of mid-blade remaining Cross-section is rectangular Surface is partially ground but with major bruising throughout, sawing marks along proper left side Butt is not present Bevel and cutting edge are not present.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section of butt is oval, cross-section of blade is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, bruised on front and sides of butt. Large flake scar on back. Sawing marks down proper left and proper right sides. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides slightly reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is ground, flaked at poll. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, with sides reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line, and is concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete inanga pounamu pendant. Adze shape. Surface is lightly ground. Discolouration on the lateral margins and edges of front and back. Flaking at proximal end. Suspension hole at proximal end.There is minor differentiation of the butt and blade, with the sides reducing towards the proximal end. Label accompanies pendant. Reads "Found in Maori Midden at Tarea (Granity Creek) near Westport".