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Broken piece of adze, lower blade and bevel end only. Light green/grey stone. Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is flaked and ground on the bevel. The bevel is an irregular triangle shaped by the flake scars on its sides. The cutting edge is sharp and slightly oblique.

Complete small adze. Green stone. Rounded quadrangular cross-section. The surface is smooth, flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The proper right side of the blade tapers in towards the poll from the halfway up the blade. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp.

Incomplete adze, bevel end only. Green stone. Triangular cross-section. The surface is ground with flaking at the break. Any demarcation between the bevel and the blade has been broken off. The cutting edge is small and sharp.

Broken piece of adze, lower blade and bevel only. Light grey stone. Asymmetrical quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground and flaked. There is no upper blade or butt. The bevel is smooth and demarcated from the blade by the irregular edge to its smooth surface.

Broken piece of small adze, blade and bevel end only. Medium grey stone. Triangular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked, with a ground area on one side of the blade. There is no obvious bevel. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken piece of adze, blade and bevel end only. Light green/grey stone. Irregular quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked. The bevel is smooth and outlined by flake scars. The cutting edge is sharp and asymmetrical.

Complete unfinished adze. Light green stone. Irregular cross-section. The surface is flaked and ground on the bevel. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll from the middle of the blade. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and chipped.

Complete argilite knife. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is ground at distal end and the rest bruised, flaked at haft and one lateral margin. Bevel is present at lateral margins.

Broken sandstone cutter, repair visible where previously broken. There is a perforation through the repair, drilled through on both sides, meeting in the middle. At the top edge there are two carved faces. Along the bottom edge there is a notch.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey, dark grey. Cross-section is semi-circular, front flattened. Surface is lightly bruised, more ground on butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Back of butt slopes up towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, possibly unfinished. Green Hills; Bluff written on proper right side.

Complete adze. Stone. Black and mid brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on front and bevel, other areas are bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Greenhills; Bluff written on back.

Complete unfinished adze. Dark grey stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is bruised with ground areas on the lower blade. The sides of the base of the butt are slightly reduced. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is chipped.

Complete roughout. Stone. Mid grey, dark grey. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is flaked, some ground areas on back of blade and front cutting edge. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, unfinished.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Asymmetrical oval cross-section. The surface is bruised and flaked, and ground on the front. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is irregular and sharp.

Curved bone pendant, broken at each end. Drill mark at the proximal end indicating a broken suspension hole.

Mostly complete curved bone pendant, broken suspension hole.

Mostly complete straight bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole at the proximal end.

Complete bone pendant. Kinked twice along shaft with a suspension hole at the proximal end.