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Complete pounamu chisel. Mid green in colour. Surface is ground, with sawing marks visible on both sides (polished smooth). Distal end comes to a dull point and has a bevel demarcated by a line.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Surface is ground with bruising and flaking in many areas. Butt has minor differentiation, sides are reduced. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and oblique. Sticker on back "Mortizson Collection". Sticker on front "19". "Kaikai" written on back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Sawing marks down proper left and proper right, but more pronounced on proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Front of butt has notches cut width-wise into it. Approximately 13 notches. Bevel is continuous with blade, and is concave. Cutting edge is blunt and curved, heavily chipped. Large chip on proper right side of cutting edge. Toitois written on back. Blue semi-circular sticker on back.

Complete adze. The cross section is asymmetrical but approximately plano-convex with the front flattened. The surface is bruised and ground. There are deep saw marks running through the middle, from the poll to the cutting edge, on both the front and back suggesting the specimen was to be cut in two. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is straight but angular, with the proper left side of the blade shorter than the right. The edge is sharp.

Complete adze. Rectangular Surface is ground with bruising and flaking in many areas. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by a faint curved line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly rounded.