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Incomplete, all parts present bar a small chunk chipped off the butt Plano-convex, front flattened. Ground on the front and back, heavily bruised on the sides. no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and distinct from the blade by an faintly visible ridge. The cutting edge is straight and sharp but very lightly chipped.

Broken adze, blade remaining. Mid grey and mid brown. Cross section is oval. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is chipped.

Adze roughout. Broken at the poll. Mid grey stone. Surface is flaked.

Mostly complete inanga pounamu/nephrite pendant. Mid green with smoothly ground surface. Wide and rounded at the proximal end with a suspension hole drilled from both sides at the centre. Distal end has an inverted V-shaped projection, one side of which has a small piece broken off. There is a shallow indentation on one edge, just above the intact side of the projection.

Complete patu onewa. Has a rather large piece of the butt missing and the drilled hole is barely there anymore. The stone around it has been smoothed out. Where the handle and blade meet there is a ridge on it. There is minor surface scratches all over it and on one side it is much rougher and chipped. In decent condition.

Adze roughout. Mid grey stone. Surface is flaked with some grounding at cutting edge. Cross section is triangular. Ridge running along the front from mid-blade to poll. Minor differentiation between butt and blade; front and sides are reduced at shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by flake scars. Blade tapers toward the cutting edge, which is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Mid green and grey pounamu. Surface is ground with sawing marks on sides. Cross section is rectangular. Small part of poll appears to be broken off. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is chipped.

Complete adze. Dark green pounamu Surface is ground with sawing marks on proper left side and on front shoulder. Cross section is rectangular. Tapered toward the poll. Bevel on both front and back, both demarcated by line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Mostly complete kawakawa pounamu/nephrite pendant. Light green and dark green chatoyant bands running diagonally length of pendant. Surface is ground and flaked. Reduced at the proximal end, with a suspension hole. One side edge is straight with a notch or flake missing at the proximal end. The other side edge is curved and has a large notch and a projection, possibly unintentional and caused by a flake breaking off. Distal end has a sharp edge similar to the cutting edge of an adze, with a bevel demarcated by a curved line on one side.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Light green with a band of black and silver running diagonally across the centre. The distal end is reduced on one side below the band. Surface is ground and flaked with chipping on some of the edges. Proximal end has a very small suspension hole and a notch at the top and one side, possibly indicating an animal or human face. Side edges are straight and the distal end is squared off.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches. It has a lower, internal barb too.

Piece of broken worked pounamu. Dark green. Surface is ground and flaked with sawing marks on one side and one edge. One edge is straight and sharp, similar to the cutting edge of an adze, with a bevel demarcated by a line on each side. The other edge is mostly broken, with a small portion coming to a sharp tapered point and a small bevel demarcated by a change in surface on one side.

Complete, curved fishhook point. It has an internal barb in the middle of the point and lower, external notches.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and lower, external notches.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, external barb and lower, external notches.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete kinked bone pendant with suspension hole.

Complete bone pendant. Suspension hole at proximal end. Kinked at mid-shaft and foot-shaped distal end.

Ivory or tusk pendant, broken with heavy wear at the distal end. Suspension hole drilled from both sides.

Complete, straight fishhook point with an upper, internal barb and a perforation at the base. It has a long notch on the external side of the base.