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Incomplete unfinished adze, poll missing. Mid green stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground on the blade, bruised on the sides and flaked on the butt. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll and both curved to the proper left at the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a line of bruising on the proper right and bruising and a flake scar on the left. The cutting edge is oblique, sharp and chipped.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Incomplete unfinished adze, butt and poll only. Dark grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is bruised and flaked. There is the remnants of a shoulder on the front proper left of the blade, with a reduction in the stone on the proper left of the butt. The proper right side of the blade appears to have been flaked off.

Complete unfinished adze. Light green/grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is flaked and bruised with ground areas on the blade. There is a reduction in the stone of the butt on the sides. The blade is slightly concave on the back and convex on the front. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade, with a slight ridge on the proper right side. The cutting edge is curved, sharp and slightly chipped.

Patu paraoa is incomplete with handle and butt missing. One side (underside) has exposed and distinct cancellous bone. The opposite side has vertical cracks, cut marks (on an angle) and chipping present over the surface of the blade. Chipping also present around the blades point edge.