Mahi whakairo

Complete adze. Cross section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. Front surface is ground, back surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, back slightly reduced. Bevel demarcated by a faint line, cutting edge is curved and sharp. Heavy chipping on proper right side.

Complete adze Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front Surface of front is mostly ground, butt is bruised. Back is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front and front rounded. Surface is lightly bruised, becoming ground towards lower blade and bevel. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming small shoulder. Butt front reduced till poll end of butt, which is unreduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, heavily chipped. "Bull Creek Otago" written on poll end.

Broken/incomplete? (butt and section of blade present) oval The surface is ground and flaked. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade, with a minor reduction from blade to butt on one side. The bevel is incomplete or missing, as is the cutting edge

Complete adze. Oval at poll, trapezoidal at blade with back narrower than front. Ground with heavy bruising around the butt and minor bruising down the right side proper. Butt has major differentiation, sides and front have been reduced heavily and shoulders have been raised markedly. Bevel continuous with blade, tapering down to cutting edge which is moderately sharp, slightly curved and has chipping in the centre.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval Surface of blade is ground. Front side of butt is bruised. Heavy differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to create a ridge. Bevel is continuous with blade, slightly concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Butt is differentiated from the blade by a straight ridge on the front. Sides of the butt are tapered toward the poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade with a concave indentation. Cutting edge is curved and blunt. Attached sticker reads "found on Summit of Signal Hill near ruined whare. 26.12.15. SM--. Had I a tongue what tales I could tell of whakas and Kaitangatas: te nagui". Another attached sticker reads "Kanuita-u Te Aroho Kea Koi"

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground on front and back lower blade, becoming more bruised towards butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Sides slightly reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Sawing mark on proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by an angled line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, small chips along cutting edge.

Complete stone gouge. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking on the front and bevel. There is minor delineation between the poll and cutting edge, with some tapering towards the poll on the proper left and back. The bevel is chipped off. The cutting edge is chipped and blunt. There is a historic break through the centre of the blade, and it has been repaired.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground. The bevel is concave, demarcated by two diagonal lines. The cutting edge is concave and blunt.

Complete roughout Cross-section roughly oval. Surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front looks reduced. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.