Mahi whakairo

Broken (blade, bevel and cutting edge present) Trapezoidal, front narrowing to the back. The surface is ground with chipped/flaked area. Sawing mark on the proper right side. The butt is missing. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is Straight, Oblique and Sharp.

Possibly a broken adze (butt remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is rough. Blade not present.

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground with some bruising at right portion of butt. Back of blade is also ground with flake scars around edges and butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Shoulder is slightly pronounced. Visible reduction in stone on the front and sides of butt though. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is on an angle and sharp.

Complete Rounded Quadrangular cross-section. Front and back portion of blade is unclear. Blade is ground with both sides have very distinct flake scars. No differentiation between butt and blade. Unclear which side bevel is on. However, both sides have no ridges or lines present. Cutting edge is slightly sharp with chips present.

Complete Oval cross-section. Front of blade has bruising with flake scars. Back of blade has bruising. No differentiation between butt and blade. However, butt slightly tapers in towards poll. Bevel is continuous on blade and has slightly curved, blunt cutting edge.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Asymmetrical oval cross-section. The surface is bruised and flaked, and ground on the front. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is irregular and sharp.

complete Roughly rectangular. The surface is ground with slight flaking and bruising. Minor differentiation between the blade and the butt, a slight reduction on the back from butt to blade forming a slight shoulder. The Bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section with back narrower than front. Front of blade is bruised at poll portion and ground around blade. Three flake scars on front, as-well as around edges. Back of blade is also bruised at butt portion and ground around the blade. Flake scars are also present. No differentiation between butt and blade. However, shoulder can slightly be seen - very faint though. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is slightly sharp with chip on the right side.

Waka huia without a lid. Made from kapuka wood; dark brown in colour. Rectangular in shape and in cross section; slightly rounded on the bottom. Simple grooved knobs on each end, one of which has a perforation for a suspension cord. Exterior is carved in a rauru (double spiral) pattern, with three on the bottom and four on each side. Interior is smooth and undecorated.

Broken pounamu gouge, poll missing. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the break. The bevel is demarcated by a concave wearing. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Incomplete adze, the cutting edge is broken off. Brown stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is bruised with flake scars at the break. There is a distinct curved shoulder on the front of the blade and the stone is reduced to form the front of the butt. The bevel is smooth and demarcated from the blade by a straight ridge. The cutting edge and a portion of the front of the lower blade are broken off. There a two small patches of red near the break.

Complete unfinished adze. Rounded quadrangular cross-section. The surface is bruised with some flake scars. There is a small protruding shoulder on the proper left side at the base of the butt, but there is no other differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, blunt and chipped.