Mahi whakairo

Worked pounamu, possible broken adze. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground, with bruising on the back, proper left side and butt. There is minor demarcation of the butt and blade, with the sides tapering towards the poll. The poll has a bevel on the front. This bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge has been worked to the flat side, with a concave wearing in the centre of the edge. The cutting edge side has sharp corners.

Complete waka huia made of totara. Dark brown in colour. Rectangular in shape and in cross section. Box has a human head figure projecting off of each end for suspension; one of the figures has just one eye carved. The bodies of the figures are carved on the bottom of the box, connecting to another smaller human figure in the centre. A carved ridge runs around the box edge, decorated with geometric patterns. The interior is smooth and undecorated. The box has been reinforced with a metal piece attached at each end of the interior with two screws. The lid has a squared off projection at each end. The exterior side of the lid is carved in a curved rauponga (ridge and triangular notch) and rauru (spiral) pattern, while the interior side is undecorated.

Complete waka huia, oval shaped. Lid has two very large and well-carved human figures, a copulating couple. Inside lid has lip to fit into base. The base is decorated in rauponga whakarare running lengthways and widthwise through the centre. The rest of the space is filled with rauponga pattern that radiate outwards from the centre. There is faded black and red paint in the grooves. Each end of the box has a figure with torso on box and elongated neck with head forming knob. These heads are broken from the eyes down, missing lower face. One figure is male, the other is female. Eyes of all heads in formed of small double spirals.

Complete adze. Quadrangular at poll, asymmetrical at blade. Surface is ground with bruising and flaking down both sides, and heavy flaking around the poll. Butt has minor differentiation; sides have been reduced and front shoulder is raised. Bevel is continuous with blade and tapers down to cutting edge. Cutting edge is slightly rounded, moderately sharp and has minor chipping.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the front. There is sawing marks on the proper left. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Incomplete adze, bevel and blade only. Black stone. Triangular cross-section with apex to the front. The surface is smooth and bruised, with flake scars at the broken end and the cutting edge. The bevel is continuous with the blade and only differentiated from the blade by its smooth surface. Narrow flaked cutting edge.

Large complete adze. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly ground with bruising especially on the butt. There is a curved shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone on the front and sides. The butt flares out at the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and chipped.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with faking on the large bevel at the back. Both ends are bevelled on both sides. The large bevel is demarcated by diagonal straight lines. The smaller cutting edge is bevelled on the back demarked by a diagonal line. The bevel on the top is continuous with the blade. Both cutting edges are straight and sharp.

Broken pounamu gouge, blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with faking on the back. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with faking on the poll and cutting edge. There is paper residue on the front. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line with the accession number written on the bevel. The cutting edge is chipped.

Complete Oval cross-section. The surface is ground and flaked with light bruising on the front of the blade. There is flaked reduction of the butt on the front and back. The bevel is continuous. The sides of the blade taper from the chin to the poll. The cutting edge is sharp and heavily flaked

Broken adze. Blade remaining. Trapezoidal cross-section. Back narrower than front. The surface is ground with minor chipping on proper left cutting edge. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is blunt and curved, with worn chipping.