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Complete adze. Black stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly bruised, with ground areas on the blade and flake scars on the poll and cutting edge. There is a curved shoulder on the front of the blade. The stone is reduced on the front of the butt. The bevel is bruised and demarcated from the blade by a straight line. The cutting edge is flaked and chipped. There is staining from a dried liquid on the front proper left, the left side and the back proper left of the blade.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is circular. Surface of blade is mostly ground, flaking on the sides. Surface of butt is mostly bruised, back is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken adze (Blade remaining) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. Proper right side is bruised. Proper left side is ground. Flaked on proper left side of front. Butt is not present. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight.

Incomplete adze, blade and bevel end only. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked was small ground areas. The bevel is flaked and the cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front is ground. Back is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze Cross-section is triangular, apex is towards the front. Surface of front is ground. The rest is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of back and blade is ground. Sides and front of butt is bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and curved.

Incomplete adze, blade and bevel end only. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked was small ground areas. The bevel is demarcated by a flake scar and the cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is mostly ground, brusing and flaking on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to form small shoulder. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. Black stone. Thin rectangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised, with ground areas on the blade, and flaking on the sides. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is made distinct by its smooth surface. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with a chip on the proper right. "3-3-39" is written on pencil on the front of the blade.