Mahi whakairo

Complete roughout. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Pounawea written on back.

Adze fragment (possibly portion of blade). Stone. Dark grey, mid grey, light grey. Surface is ground and bruised. Pounawea Isd. written on side.

Broken adze (unknown part). Stone. Mid grey, light grey and light brown. Surface is mostly bruised, with some flaking. Pounawea written on one side.

Broken adze (butt and upper blade remaining). Stone. Dark grey, light grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked, some ground areas on upper blade. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides slightly reduced. Pounawea. Isd. written on front.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Stone. Mid grey and light grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is bruised. Sides taper slightly towards poll. Depression in stone on front of butt. Pounawea written on front.

Broke adze (lower blade remaining). Stone. Mid grey and light grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised, except at lower edge, which is ground. Sides start to taper before break. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. False Isd. written on front.

Complete adze Cross-section is trapezoidal. Surface is ground on blade and bruised on butt Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced to form raised shoulders Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved with some chipping

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is bruised and ground. White paper stuck to butt portion. Back of blade is ground with bruised sides, and large chip at right side of bevel. Minor differentiation between blade and butt. Faint reduction to the shoulder on blade. Bevel is demarcated with faint line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete Quadrangular. Front of blade is ground with small flake scars present. Back of blade is bruised. Differentiation between blade and butt. Clear reduction to the shoulder is visible. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is slightly curved with chip to the left. Cutting edge is also sharp.

Incomplete Asymmetrical. Front of blade is ground, while back is more bruised. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel portion is only present - Appears to have broken away from adze. Difficult to determine bevel demarcation. Cutting edge blunt.

Complete Trapezoidal with front narrower than back. Front of blade is ground with prominent ridge and tapered inwards sides. Back of blade is also ground. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is straight and slightly sharp.

Complete basalt adze. Cross-section is triangular on butt and upper blade, with apex to the top. Towards the distal end, the apex flattens making the cross-section trapezoidal, with the front narrower than the back. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced forming small shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, slightly curved.