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Broken adze (blade and lower butt remaining). Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade, prominent ridge at shoulder, front reduces after ridge and sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip on proper left side. "Waikouaiti" written on front and back.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some light flaking and some bruising on sides on poll. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front edges of butt slightly reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. "Murdering Bch." written on front.

Broken adze (cutting edge and parts of lower blade not present). Stone. Light green, and silver. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised, with some flaking on back and small ground area at poll and bevel. Major differentiation between butt and blade, small ridge at shoulder, sides reduce after shoulder but flare again at poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge not present, large flakes missing from front of lower blade. "Waikouaiti" written on front.

complete rectangular, narrowing slightly from the sides from blade towards the poll. The surface is ground with some bruising. No differentiation between the butt and blade. The bevel is slightly curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Incomplete adze. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground with some flaking on back of left side proper. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by straight line, and tapers down to the cutting edge, which is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded.

Complete adze. Basalt. Dark grey, black. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on back, and on lower front. Flaking on upper front and sides, with small amount of bruising. Major differentiation between butt and blade, reduced on front and sides. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, with very small chips along cutting edge.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on lower blade, bruised on other surfaces. Sawing mark down proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, proper right side reduced around mid blade, before flaring and ultimately reducing towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Waikouaiti" written on front and back.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey, dark brown. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on front and back, bruising and flaking on sides and poll. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper before flaring out at poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Waikouaiti" written on front.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Surface is ground, with sporadic flaking and bruising. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line, and tapers down to cutting edge. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp, and straight, with minor chipping.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and lower portion of front. Surface is bruised on upper portions of adze. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper to poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, though demarcated by surface change. The cutting edge is sharp and curved, though chipped on the proper right side.

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey. Surface is ground on front and back, bruising on sides of butt with some flaking. Cross-section is oval. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced at shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Waikouaiti" written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey, light brown, mid grey. Cross-section is oval at butt, semi-circular at blade, with front flattened. Surface is ground on front and back, with bruising on sides of butt and some light flaking. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced at shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, with some chipping. "Waikouaiti" written on front and back.

complete rectangular becoming oval at the butt. Narrows in the side from the blade towards the poll. The surface is ground front and back with significant bruising up the sides. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade, a slight reduction on the sides and front from the blade to the butt. the bevel is curved and distinguishable from the blade by a faint line more visible on the proper right. The cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp but significantly chipped.

Complete adze. Rectangular. The surface is ground with heavy flaking on the poll, under the shoulder on the right and across the back. Butt has major differentiation from the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The blade is straight and sharp, with the proper left corner and middle of the back flaked away.

Complete tattoo chisel, of comb variety. Hafting end of chisel is complex. On the proper right side is has a deep notch followed by three smaller notches. On the proper left side there is a deep notch, with two smaller notches. The end of the chisel has a deep notch. There are three sharp teeth at the cutting edge of the chisel.

Complete bird spear point. Four barbs. Serrations along sides.

Complete hafted adze Cross section is circular. Surface is ground. Butt not visible due to binding which connects adze to haft. Bevel is demarcated by a line and is concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Hafted adze. Adze is connected to a simple, light brown, wooden, straight haft. "Purakanui" written on the blade

Complete adze. Plano-convex with front flattened at poll, trapezoidal with back narrower than front at blade. Surface is ground with bruising around butt and down left side proper. There is minor flaking down sides. Butt has major differentiation; sides and front have been reduced and shoulders are raised. Bevel is demarcated by straight lines running up from each corner, jointed by a curved line across blade.

Complete adze. Argillite. Black, mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface of blade and back are ground, surface on front and sides of butt is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced before flaring at poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, some chipping along cutting edge.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is ground on bevel and front lower blade, flaked on all other surfaces. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, light chipped.