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Complete adze. Light green and cream pounamu. Surface is ground with bruising on front of butt. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Front and sides of butt are reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "Temuka." inscription on front and back.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant in the shape of a fish. Dark green, diagonal variety split inanga/kawakawa. Surface has been ground smooth, with some flaking on one side at the proximal end. Profile is somewhat convex. Proximal end indicating the fish's head with a suspension hole for an eye and a drilled notch for the mouth. Proximal end is somewhat reduced. One side edge is serrated and other is smooth. Distal edge is sharp and similar to the cutting edge of an adze, with a bevel on one side demarcated by a line.

Complete kawakawa pounamu pendant. Dark green. Pendant is tapered to the distal end and slightly curved to one side. Proximal end has an off-centre suspension hole. There is some evidence of sawing marks on one edge, which have been ground smooth, along with the rest of the surface. One side has a natural diagonal flaw at the centre, causing a reduction in the proximal section.