Mahi whakairo

Complete Oval/Asymmetrical cross-section. Front of blade has flake scars and bruising. Back of blade also has bruising with flake scars at bevel portion. No differentiation between butt and blade. However, butt slightly tapers in towards poll. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is very jagged and blunt with curvature present.

Incomplete Blade portion has broken off. Butt has oval cross-section. Both back and front of blade have a lot of bruising. No differentiation between butt and blade. However you can slightly see the shoulder being worked and slight reduction tapering up towards poll. Bevel portion of adze has broken off.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Stone. Dark grey, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front is mostly ground, with some flaking scars. sides are flaked, back is bruised except for bevel which is ground. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, some light chipping. False Is. written on front.

Complete adze Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. There is bruising on the butt, ground on the blade and some flake scars. There is a straight shoulder and the stone is reduced on the front of the butt The bevel is demarcated by a chin. The cutting edge is sharp, curved and has some chips

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section with back narrower than front. Front of adze is bruised and has flake scars at poll portion and ground around blade surface. Back of adze is ground with slightly bruising, and has distinct flake scars at bottom right corner of bevel. Differentiation between butt and the blade. Distinct shoulder with a reduction to the right side of adze/shoulder only. Bevel is continuous on adze. Cutting edge is curved and slightly sharp (small chips present)

Complete adze. Cross-section of butt is circular, cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade - demarcated by ridge, and reducing on front on butt. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Incomplete adze roughout. Dark grey stone. Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is roughly flaked. There is a reduction in the front and back of the stone near the end of the object which could indicate a butt. There is no obvious bevel. The blade tapers towards the cutting edge. It is unclear which is the front. The cutting edge is unworked and flaked. There is a red substance adhered to one side.

Adze roughout. Light grey stone. Triangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is a reduction in the stone on one side of the butt but otherwise no distinction. There is no bevel. It is unclear which is the front of the adze. The cutting edge is blunt and flaked. The solution applied on top/beneath the written accession number has made a large stain. "Colac" is written on one side in pencil.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey and grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge at the chin, cutting edge is blunt and straight, chipped along cutting edge, particularly on proper right.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone. The cross-section is asymmetrical quadrangular. The surface is flaked and bruised with a ground lower blade. There is a slight reduction in the stone from flake scars at the proper left front of the butt. There is otherwise no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular line of bruising. The cutting edge is straight and chipped. The front lower blade is concave.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, flaked on butt. Small flake on lower proper right side, near the blade. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Broken adze (everything but cutting edge remaining). Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground. Large flake on the back half of butt. Bruised on sides. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge missing.