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Worked pounamu. The surface is ground. There is a complete sawing mark of the proper right. The proper left has deep diagonal sawing marks on both sides of the stone.

Complete stone adze Oval. The surface is ground with bruising on the proper right. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, with some chipping along the edge.

Complete stone adze Trapizodal with back narrower than front. The surface is ground with bruising on the back and butt. Major differentiation of the butt with the sides and front reduced. The bevel is continuous with the blade. There are demarked sides on the back. The cutting edge is curved and sharp, with some chipping on the proper right.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface of butt is bruised, surface of blade is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, flaked on proper left side.

Broken adze (blade remaining) Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Butt is not present. Bevel continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.