Mahi whakairo

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground with flaking on the back. There are light sawing marks on the proper left. The bevel is demarcated by a diagonal straight line. The point is straight and blunt.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Surface is ground, with sporadic flaking and bruising. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line, and tapers down to cutting edge. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp, and straight, with minor chipping.

Complete Very roughly rectangular. Narrows significantly in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground with slight flakes. No differentiation between the blade and the butt. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised. Flaking at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Back slopes up towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Cutting edge as is is very blunt and straight.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical at poll, rectangular at blade. Surface is ground with some flaking at poll and front of butt. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by two straight lines meeting at an off-centre apex.

Complete unfinished chisel. Greenstone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front.The surface is ground on the back, with flake scars on the butt and front. The bevel is demarcated by an oblique straight line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is mostly bruised with small ground area at bottom portion. Distinct flake scars around the poll portion. Back of blade is also bruised with flake scars. Flaking present at bevel. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is slightly curved and blunt.

Complete nephrite/pounamu pendant, reworked from a chisel. Dark green and black kawakawa variety. Surface is ground. Proximal end has been reduced and rounded, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides at the narrowest part. Distal end is tapered with a rounded bevel on one side.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey, dark grey. Cross-section is semi-circular, front flattened. Surface is lightly bruised, more ground on butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Back of butt slopes up towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, possibly unfinished. Green Hills; Bluff written on proper right side.

Broken adze, blade remaining Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on front and back, with major bruising along sides and toward butt Most of butt has been flaked and chipped away on the sides with only a pointed centre piece remaining Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is blunt and chipped

Complete Oval cross-section. Bruised and flaked surface The poll of the adze is curved, flaked and irregular, with a slight outward curve on the proper right The left and right sides of the back of the adze are bruised as though shaping of the tool had only started. The shape of the bevel is indicated by an area of unbruised stone and a ridge on the proper left side. The cutting edge is irregular, badly flaked and asymmetrical

Incomplete adze. Trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground with flaking up the back of the left side proper. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated with a straight line. Cutting edge smooth, sharp and slightly rounded up toward the right side proper corner. Prominent sawing marks up the right side proper.