Mahi whakairo

Complete adze. Cross-section is semi-circular, front flattened. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Proper left front corner of poll reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Pounamu. Dark green and green. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is ground. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is edge is sharp and curved, corners angled.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Dark green and green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground except at poll (where possibly broken). Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper slightly. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete chisel. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of poll is oval. Surface is mostly ground, with some flaking and bruising on sides and butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides heavily reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped.

Complete adze. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface of blade is mostly ground, with some flaking on front and back. Surface of butt is bruised, with some flaking at poll. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced, forming shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by lines that meet at the chin. Cutting is sharp, curved, and concave. Lightly chipped along cutting edge.

Complete adze. Greywacke. Dark grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is mostly ground, some bruising on sides, and flaked at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Corners of front and sides reduced so they are rounded. On proper right side of butt there is a possibly natural depression. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight, large chip on proper right side.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Cross-section is oval (almost circular). Surface is ground except at poll (possibly where broken). Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and very curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface of the blade is mostly ground and surface of the butt is bruised and flaked. Differentiation between the butt and blade. Sides are tapered toward the poll and slightly reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge, with a indentation in the centre. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Broken adze, fragment remaining. The cross section is now asymmetrical but appears to originally have been rectangular. The finished surface is ground, the broken surface is hipped. The butt is absent. The bevel and cutting edge are absent.

Broken pounamu drill point, point remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking originating from the break. There are sawing marks on the front. The back of the point is flattened, with no bevel. The point is chipped and blunt.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Asymmetrical. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is sharp, uneven, chipped and slightly rounded.

Complete unfinished greenstone adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with small flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular oblique line. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped. There is a shallow hole bored into the butt on the back.