Mahi whakairo

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, with flaking at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll and front slopes slightly towards poll. Bevel demarcated by line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, large chip on proper right side of cutting edge. Otago written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced. No bevel, cutting edge is straight and blunt. Scractches etched into back. Otago written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Sides reduced. Poll end angled. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is highly ground, except at poll which is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete roughout. Stone. Grey. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Southland? written on front.

Complete roughout. Stone. Black. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is flaked. Residue from being glued down on back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished, but is curved and sharp. Southland written on front.

Complete roughout Cross-section of butt is oval, becoming more rectangular towards blade. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering to a point towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Broken roughout (Blade and lower butt remaining) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front is ground, surface of back is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, rest of butt missing. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Sawing marks are present on both proper left and proper right sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Both front and back have bevels demarcated by lines. Cutting edge is angled and sharp.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining) Cross section is rectangular. Surface is ground, except for broken edge. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken adze. Blade remaining. Oval cross-section The surface is ground and bruised, with some flaking on the front. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides taper in towards the poll end. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is blunt and curved. It is heavily chipped and broken.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Plano-convex, back flattened. Surface is bruised with flaking around the cutting edge. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a strong straight line. Cutting edge is rounded, blunt and heavily chipped.