Mahi whakairo

Broken adze, butt remaining. Grey and brown stone. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground and flaked. Differentiation between the butt and blade with sides tapered towards the poll. Bevel and cutting edge are not present. "Kaikorai Mouth" inscription.

Broken adze, butt remaining. Grey stone. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised. Blade, bevel, and cutting edge are not present. "Kaikorai Mouth" inscription.

Broken adze, blade remaining. Grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt is not present. Bevel is demarcated by flake scars. The cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "Kaikorai Mouth" inscription

Complete adze. Pounamu. Green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, some bruising and flaking on back butt and poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. ?Otago written on front.

Complete adze. Grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and flaked. There is a reduction in the sides and back of the butt. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and blunt and flaked. "Akatore" inscription

Complete adze. Plano-convex, with front flattened. Ground on front, the rest is heavily flaked. Butt has major differentiation, sides have been clearly reduced. Bevel continuous with blade, tapering down to cutting edge which is straight, chipped and moderately sharp.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, plano-convex (back flattened) at blade. Bruised with minor flaking. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll. Bevel demarcated by very faint horizontal line across blade. Cutting edge has been flaked away. Prominent sawing marks down the sides.

Broken adze (back portion of blade remaining). Cross-section is semi-circular with front flattened. Surface is bruised, except where broken. Butt mostly not present, reduction on sides just before top edge break. Bevel appears to be continuous with cutting edge, cutting edge not present. Entire front portion of blade broken off.

Broken adze (unknown fragment remaining). Cross-section triangular with apex to front. Surface is bruised on proper left and proper right, ground on back. No discernible work on bevel, cutting edge or butt. "Morven" written on back.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Bruised on front and sides on butt, flaked on poll, ground on back and small portion of upper blade present. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides slightly reduced. Bevel and cutting edge not present. "Morven" written on front.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground. There is no demarcated bevel. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is largely ground on front, back and sides. Some bruising on poll, front and back. No differentiation between blade and butt. Slight tapering towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by two lines. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.