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Complete stone chisel. Dark grey. Surface is ground. Cross section is circular at the butt and rectangular at the blade. Front is slightly reduced with a ridge on the front where the butt meets the blade. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken curved fishhook point, base not present.

Complete stone adze Trapezoidal with front narrower than back. The surface is bruised with a ground blade. The butt is differentiated by surface working, with only a rough-out of a chin. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey and mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface mostly ground, some light bruising on butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, small ridge at shoulder. Front reduced, and sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Wyndham written on front (writing is slightly worn).

Complete adze. Black stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. Front and sides of the butt are slightly reduced to form shoulders; sides taper toward poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. " Kensington. Dunedin" inscription.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Stone. Mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on front and back, with some flaking on proper left side. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Partial sticker on front reads "Part of Maori A[?]e found N.E[?]..D.S. M[?] Esq.". "N E Valley" written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid-grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is mostly ground, with some light bruising and flaking on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Small chip on proper left side.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid green, dark grey, light green, cream. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal, back narrower than front. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface of blade is mostly ground, some bruising, especially on proper left side, and some flaking. Large flake scars on front. Surface of butt is bruised, large flake scars on back. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken flute, small fragment remaining. There is a single perforation. The surface has been drawn on with a thin marker in a variety of patterns.

Broken flute, small fragment remaining. There are two partial perforations. The surface of the fragment is covered in striations in a cross-hatched pattern.

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal with back narrower than front, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground on blade with some bruising on sides and back, bruised on butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced forming shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip missing from left side of cutting edge.

Broken bowl, one end and side remaining. Base flat and rectangular in shape. The remaining side has straight low sides that rises at the end to an inverted V projection. There is a longitudinal fragment missing from the remaining side, along the edge towards the base. There are many cracks in the surface. Except for the broken edges, the surface is smooth.

Stone adze blade. Cutting edge substantially chipped. Grey, with some black markings on upper half. Body of adze has quadrangular cross section. Majority of back, sides and front of blade are polished. Front of butt primarily hammerdressed. Marked transverse ridge on butt parallel to edge between blade and butt. Has stylistic affinities to some Canterbury adzes. Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is more semi-circular, back flattened. Surface is ground. Flaked at poll. Major differentiation between blade and butt. Front reduced and sides taper towards poll. Butt is demarcated by 2 ridges Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Adze roughout showing large flake scars. Might have been intended to be a hogback. Black- dark grey in colour but has been in a house fire. Some patches of lighter grey obvious. Cutting edge apparently only ca 2cm in this state. Complete roughout. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Repaired sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.