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Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Straight with notches.

Incomplete Asymmetrical. Front of blade is ground. Back of blade is also ground but with minor scratching. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll/butt portion has broken off blade. Unable to identify bevel marking. Cutting edge is very jagged and blunt.

Complete adze. Mid green pounamu. Surface is ground with some bruising on the back of the butt. Cross-section is rectangular. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp, with large flake missing from proper right side

Complete pounamu pendant. Green with brown inclusions and high transparency, especially on the distal end. Surface has been ground smooth. Rounded and tapered at the proximal end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides and a sawing mark across the suspension hole on one side. Distal end is very oblique and sharp. May have been reworked from an adze as the distal end resembles a cutting edge with a bevel on one side.

Complete adze. Rectangular at poll, lenticular at blade. Surface is ground on front with heavy bruising and flaking down the sides. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper slightly toward the poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is blunt and rough with a slight curve.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground on back, and bruised and flaked everywhere else. Butt has minor differentiation, sides have been reduced. Bevel is continuous with the blade and tapers down sharply to the cutting edge. Cutting edge is curved and blunt.