Event Highlight:
After Dark – Neon Nights
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Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
Broken roughout (lower butt and blade remaining). Stone. Mid brown, mid grey. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is lightly ground, light flaking remaining. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides of blade slope towards shoulder which is much narrower than cutting edge. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is rough and unfinished, also unusually wide. "W.M." written on front.
Broken adze, mid-blade remaining. Green stone. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross-section is rectangular. Butt is not present. Bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge. Cutting edge is not present.
Broken slate knife, all edges missing. Both surfaces are bruised.
Broken slate knife, missing lateral margins. Proximal and distal ends partially present. Cutting edge is sharp. One surface is bruised and the other is flaked. Slight bevel on blade.
Fragment of slate knife with no discernable edges. Both surfaces have been ground.
Silcrete flake.
Silcrete flake. There is unifacial retouch on one of the lateral margins.
Silcrete flake. There is unifacial retouch on both lateral margins on the dorsal surface.
Complete adze. Black stone. Surface is ground and flaked. Cross-section is triangular. Some reduction on the back and sides of the butt, particularly the proper right side. Bevel is continuous with the blade, but has been mostly flaked away. Cutting edge is not present.
Broken adze, blade remaining. Mid-grey stone. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is flaked and ground. Butt is not present. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and blunt; sides taper toward the edge. "W.M." inscription on front
Broken adze, mid-blade remaining. Dark grey and dark brown stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and flaked. Sides are slightly reduced to form shoulders. Large flake missing from top of butt; poll has broken off. Bevel has been flaked off on either side but a part of a line in the centre remains. Cutting edge is not present. "W.M." inscription
Adze roughout. Black stone. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a flake scar. Cutting edge is unfinished. "W.M." inscription on the back and "W" on the front.
Broken adze roughout, unclear what part is remaining as there is a lack of discernible features. Mid grey stone. Surface is flaked. Cross-section is rectangular. Front and proper right side are reduced. Sides taper in the centre of the adze and flare out toward either edge. "WM" inscription
Adze roughout. Mid-grey stone. Surface is flaked. Cross-section is rectangular. Some reduction on sides of the butt. There is no obvious bevel. Cutting edge is curved but flat and unfinished. "WM" inscription.
Adze roughout, broken and unclear what part is remaining as there is a lack of discernible features. Dark grey and mid-brown stone. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is flaked. "W.M." inscription on back
Broken adze roughout, unclear what part is remaining as there is a lack of discernible features. Dark grey stone. Surface is flaked and bruised. Cross-section is lenticular. Sides taper toward one end (possibly the poll). "W.M." inscription.
Adze roughout. Mid-grey stone. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is flaked with some grounding on the back. Large flake missing from back of butt; poll is not present. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and unfinished; sides of the blade taper toward the cutting edge. "W.M." inscription on back
Adze roughout. Mid grey stone. Surface is flaked. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Sides taper toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge and flake scars. Cutting edge is oblique and unfinished. "W.M." inscription