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Complete patu onewa. Notched knobs and shallow groove on top of butt. Drilled perforation. Ridge running along the centre of the length of the blade on both sides. Faint spirals on both sides of the blade. Two grooves on blunt blade edge.

Complete patu onewa. Long, narrow blade with a longitudinal ridge. Pronounced shoulders where the blade meets the handle. Handle flares out at the butt, with a perforation drilled from both sides. Sides of the butt are squared off and the proximal edge has a broken perforation.

Complete Patu in very good condition, it is slightly discoloured in some parts. The Patu is long and flat. The Hole at the bottom of the butt has been drilled in from both sides.

complete, everything in place, no Tau. This Patu is in very good condition. On one side it is cracked along the blade, it has a small hole along that crack near the bottom. The crack has been fixed with adhesive. At the butt of the patu there are markings, Reke, that surround the hole for the tau.

Complete tewhatewha. The upper edge of the blade is straight but sloping. The lower edge is of the blade is curved, with a small fragment missing. There is a perforation through the lower blade. There is a small carving mid-way down the shaft of concentric diamonds, four on each side. These diamonds are surrounded by a raised dot pattern that curve around the tewhatewha.

Complete pouwhenua. Light brown wooden surface is undecorated, smooth, and polished. Pointed at proximal end. Relatively narrow blade, flattened with rounded edge.

Complete hoeroa. Rounded at the distal end, with two small ridges protruding on either side edge in the centre of the shaft. The proximal end is finely carved, with two carved holes, and notched at the proximal end edge. There is a small chip broken off top curve on one side. The overall shape of the hoeroa is bowed.

Partially complete patu onewa or adze, with all remaining except butt of handle and top of blade. Cut mark at neck of handle, and wear present around edges. Paint speckles present on one side.

Broken patu paraoa. Handle, butt and portion of blade remaining. Distal portion of blade broken off. Sides are rough, possibly unfinished patu. There is dirt on the surface. Bone is very porous.

Broken patu onewa, complete in two pieces. Surface is ground. There are several chips around the edges of the blade. There is a perforation at the handle - drilled from both sides. The patu onewa has been broken through the handle at the perforation. The other piece features the knob of the handle, with four grooves on either side of the oval knob with a central ridge between.

Broken patu onewa, handle remaining. Butt has two rounded knobs at top with points that face inward. Faint half-circular decorative grooves from top to sides where butt meets the handle. Drilled perforation. One notched knob remains where handle meets the blade.

Broken patu onewa, handle and part of blade present. There is an incomplete perforation at the handle that has been drilled from both sides. The butt of the handle is carved, oval in shape, with three grooves on each side and top ridge at the top. Surface is ground.