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Tūhura's Birthday Party
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David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Kā taputapu
Schist file, broken at the proximal end. Light grey and silver in colour. Proximal edge has a groove in the centre.
Complete adze. The cross section of the blade is rectangular, the cross section of the butt is plano-convex. It is not clear which is the front and which is the back. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is differentiated by a change in cross section. The bevel is difficult to distinguish.
Dark grey schist file, tapered to point at one end.
Silcrete flake, light grey and light brown in colour. Bifacial retouch on one lateral margin.
Complete silcrete blade. Mid grey in colour.
Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining. Mid grey and mid yellow in colour. Large flake scar on proper left side. Unifacial retouch on proper right and proper left lateral margins.
Mostly complete silcrete blade, proximal end is not present. Dark grey and mid grey in colour. Flake scars on proper right side. Large flake scar/chip at distal end of proper right margin Weathering on ventral surface.
Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining. Dark yellow and mid orange in colour. White weathering at distal end. Flake scar on proper left lateral margin. Unifacial retouch on distal proper left and proper right lateral margins.
Complete silcrete blade. White and mid yellow and colour. Bruising at striking platform. Minor unifacial retouch on ventral side of proper right lateral margin
Complete adze. The cross section is asymmetrical, but roughly lozenge shaped. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a line and its ground surface. The cutting edge is straight, blunt and chipped.
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Light brown and white in colour. White weathering of complete outer surface. Large flake scars at distal ends on both lateral margins.
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Complete stone sinker with eight deep lashing grooves around the perimeter.