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Broken adze, part of blade remaining. Light brown stone. Cross-section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. Surface is ground with some bruising. Butt is not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line on proper right side, but is not present on proper left. Cutting edge is not present. "Papanui Inlet" inscription.
Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Asymmetrical The surface is bruised, with flaking on the right side proper. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by a faint line. The cutting edge is flaked, moderately sharp, and slightly curved.
Adze roughout. Black stone. Cross-section is assymetrical. Surface is flaked. Major differentiation between the butt and blade; butt is reduced on proper right side. Bevel is demarcated by an assymetrical line and change in color. Cutting edge is straight and flaked. "Papanui Inlet" inscription.
Adze roughtout. Grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Major differentiation between the butt and blade; sides are tapered towards the poll. There is no obvious bevel. Cutting edge is not present. "Papanui Inlet" inscription
Adze roughout. Black stone. Cross-section is assymetrical. Surface is bruised. Butt is not present. Bevel appears to be continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and flaked. "Papanui Inlet" inscription.
Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Asymmetrical The surface is bruised Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by a faint curved ridge. The cutting edge is heavily flaked and sharp.
Incomplete adze - blade extant. Oval at break, lenticular at blade. Bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by faint lines running from corners toward centre of blade. Cutting edge straight, uneven and moderately sharp.
Roughout Asymmetrical Bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper slightly toward the poll. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge rough, blunt and uneven.
Broken adze, blade fragment remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with some flaking. The butt is absent. The bevel and cutting edge are absent.
Adze roughout. The cross section is asymmetrical: approximately trapezoidal, with no clear indication of which side is the front. The surface is flaked. The butt is unfinished and undifferentiated. The bevel is unfinished and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.
Adze roughout. The cross section is asymmetrical but approximately rectangular. It is not clear which side is the front. The surface is flaked with some bruising. There is no discernible butt. There is no discernible bevel or cutting edge.
Adze roughout. Grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Minor differentiation between the butt and the blade. Bevel and cutting edge are not present. Inscription: "6-8-27 Papanui Inlet 264"