Mahi whakairo

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, mid brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface of front and bevel is ground, other surfaces flaked and bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Kaka Pt/Pt Molyneux written on front.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Stone. Light green, mid green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised, except at bevel which is ground. Butt not present. Green and white paint spatters on back. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line, small ridge at chin, bevel is concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Kaka Pt/Pt Molyneux written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey, light grey, mid brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised, except on lower blade which is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade, heavily reduced on front forming shoulder, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Kaka Pt/Pt. Molyneux written on back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground. Small patch of natural roughness on upper proper-left side. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, concave.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey, grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front and front rounded. Surface is mostly ground with some bruising. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides slightly reduced, forming very small shoulder. Sides taper towards poll, and back of butt slopes up dramatically to poll which is pointed. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Southland ? written on front, 2 overlapping white stickers on back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground, with some bruising on butt and bevel. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced to form a small shoulder. On back of butt is a possibly natural depression. Bevel is demarcated by a line, and is concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. ? and Southland? written on front. 2 stickers on back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides tapering towards poll. Rough concaved area on back of butt. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved with chip missing from proper right.

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal with back narrower than front cross section of butt is square Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge heavily chipped.

Complete adze, lenticular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with some large flake scars and a ground area on one side of the lower blade. It is unclear which side of the adze is the front. The sides of the adze taper in from the cutting edge to the poll. There is no obvious bevel. The cutting edge is blunt and relatively straight.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front and sides is ground, surface of back is more roughly ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line.

Complete roughout Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade - Front reduced, back butt quite rounded Bevel unfinished, but heavy chipping shows start of bevel. Cutting edge unfinished.

Complete adze. Stone. Brown and dark grey. Cross-section is rectangular, with front and back slightly rounded. Surface is lightly bruised, sides ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade, small ridge demarcates butt from blade. Front and sides reduced after ridge. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chip on proper left and 2 small chips on proper right side. Waitane Southland written on front, sticker on back.