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Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a faint transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a transverse lashing groove, deep on one side and shallow on the other.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section of blade is semi-circular, front flattened. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surfaces of front and cutting edge are ground. Back of adze and butt is bruised and flaked. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced forming shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Waimumu Nr. Gore" written on front, back, and cutting edge.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. The surface of the blade is mostly ground, with some flaking. There is a large flake scar on the back of the blade. The surface of the butt is bruised, with flaking. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is concave, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large fragment missing from proper left side.

Complete adze. Cross-section is triangular, with apex to front. Apex widens towards cutting edge, making the cross-section more trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground around cutting edge, becoming bruised and flaked on blade and butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is narrow, sharp and curved.

Complete adze. The cross section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The front and back surfaces are ground. The sides are flaked and bruised. There are transverse scrathes etched on the back surface near the poll. The butt is differentiated by a reduction of the front from the shoulder to the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp but chipped.