Mahi whakairo

Incomplete adze. Asymmetrical at one end and quadrangular at the other. Surface is heavily flaked. Butt not present. Bevel and cutting edge not present.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on front blade, and mostly ground on back blade, with bruising around butt and back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. "Kaikoura." written on front.

Broken adze (butt and upper blade remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with bruising on butt and across proper left of back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge not present. "Kaikoura" written on back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, but bruised on front lower blade. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. End of butt tapers sharply towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Kaikoura" written on back.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is lenticular. The surface of the blade is ground, with flaking at the poll. The back of the blade is ground on the high points of the stone. The blade is bevelled on both sides. Both bevels are demarcated with straight lines. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is lenticular. The surface of the chisel is bruised, with the cutting edge of the blade and bevel having been ground. The blade is bevelled on both sides. The bevel on the front is demarcated by a curved line, the bevel on the back is straight. The cutting edge is straight and blunt, with chipping.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and bevel, bruised on back and sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved,. "Kaikoura" written on front and back.

Complete adze. Dark grey stone. Triangular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked, with ground areas on the front and back of the lower blade. There is a slight reduction in the stone on the front of the butt. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is narrow, sharp and chipped.

Complete gouge. Dark grey stone. Rounded triangular cross-section. The surface is ground and flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge on the sides. The cutting edge is sharp and chipped. There is a shiny substance adhered to the back proper right of the blade.

Broken gouge, most of the bevel and the cutting edge are missing. Grey stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is ground with flake scars near the poll. The sides of the gouge taper out from the cutting edge towards the poll. The remaining bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge. There is a dark line around the gouge near the upper end.

Complete gouge. Grey stone. Plano-convex cross-section, with the back flattened. The surface is ground on the front of the blade and the bevel, and flaked and bruised elsewhere. There is a steep but irregular slope on the front of the butt from towards the poll that distinguishes the butt from the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge on the proper left and has a flake scar on the proper right. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Medium grey stone. Lenticular cross-section. The surface is ground and flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper out slightly from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular and incomplete curved ridge. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and chipped.