Mahi whakairo

Complete chisel. Cross-section is semi-circular with proper left side flattened. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, though front, back and sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by angled lines that come together in a point. Bevel is concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved and chipped.

Roughout of adze. Grey stone. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked. There is an oblique straight shoulder on the front and a reduction in the stone on the front and sides of the butt. The proper left of the bevel is ground and the right is flaked. The cutting edge is asymmetrical with a large chip in the centre of the back.

Complete tokotoko (walking stick). Dark brown wood. Carved with three full-length figures and two faces, all with white shell eyes. The top two figures are male and female human figures, with moko. The bottom full-length figure is more stylized, with a large mouth and carved in a triangular notched pattern, creating a shaggy, fur-like body. All figures and faces are carved with a variety of rauponga, rauru, and mangopare patterns. A band of carved mangopare runs down part of the bottom half of the tokotoko. The handle and distal end are undecorated. The distal end appears to have had a cap which has come off.

Broken greenstone adze, part of butt missing. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with some bruising and flake scars at the broken end. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is clearly demarcated by a straight ridge. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken adze, proper right front of butt missing. Light grey/green stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge to the poll. The bevel is demarcated only on the proper right by an oblique ridge. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped.

Complete adze. Greenstone. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is mostly ground, with flake scarring. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade, and very little between the bevel and the blade. There is a piece large chip broken off the proper left of the poll. The bevel is narrow and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and chipped.

Complete adze, grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is bruised. There is a rounded shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone on the front of the butt. The sides of the butt taper in towards the pointed poll. There are two protrusions on the front of the butt. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is blunt and chipped. There is a small square of paper adhered to the front that reads: "186"

Complete unfinished adze. Light brown/grey stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with ground areas on the lower blade. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is chipped and blunt.

Complete unfinished adze. Mid grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly flaked and bruised with ground areas on the lower blade. There is a slight shoulder and reduction in the stone of the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a line of bruising and is concave. The cutting edge is chipped. A piece of paper adhered to the front of the blade reads: "188"

Complete adze. Brown stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with ground areas on the lower blade. There is a slight rounded shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a straight protruding chin. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Complete adze, grey stone. Plano-convex cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground and bruised with large flake scars on the cutting edge, the poll and the back proper right of the butt. There is a rounded protruding shoulder on the front of the blade, and a slight reduction in the stone on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is chipped and blunt.

Complete adze. Dark brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is very bruised. There is a mended break on the blade. The butt is differentiated from the blade by an irregular shoulder on the front and a reduction in the stone on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a line of deep bruising on the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.