Dunlop Collection

Middle piece

Complete wooden adze haft. Slightly curved handle, with a long platform at the top. Uncarved. There is a groove around the short end of the platform, and two wider grooves for lashing at the longer end of the platform. There is an adze ( D41.148) lashed to this haft with a length of processed fibre.

Broken wooden bowl, oval in shape. The external side of the base is keeled, with a small flattened area. The internal side of the base is flat and oval. Sides taper outwards to upper lip of the bowl and are higher towards the perforated end. Both ends are missing large fragments from the upper lip. There are two perforations at the higher end.

Complete Adze. Mostly trapezoidal cross section, with back narrower than front, and with proper right side a straighter edge than the proper left edge. Surface is ground, except for flaking on blade edges. Undifferentiated , no distinction between butt and blade. Bevel demarcated by a line. The cutting edge comes to a flat edge, very blunt.

Complete kahawai lure. Wooden shank with knobs at head and base. Paua shell inlay. Slightly curved bone point with internal barb. Lashings at head and base.

Broken kahawai lure. Medial portion remaining, broken at both ends.

Adze roughout. Roughly triangular cross-section with apex at the back and slightly flattened sides at the blade. The surface is flaked. The butt is undifferentiated from the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a triangular ridge. The cutting edge is irregular and slightly oblique.

Complete roughout. Stone. Mid grey, dark grey. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is flaked, with round stains dotted on back, with a few on front. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front heavily reduced after peak at presumed shoulder. Bevel is flaked and unfinished, cutting edge is blunt, curved, and unfinished. Wakapatu written on back.

Complete unfinished adze. Light brown stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the adze taper in from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight protruding chin. The cutting edge is blunt. There is a circular starburst sticker on the front of the blade that reads "Found Orepuki 1899 by A King"

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section with back narrower than the front Bruised and flaked surface Blade tapers in from the cutting edge towards the poll but no clear differentiation of butt The bevel is demarcated by ridges on its sides and at the chin. The cutting edge has large flake scars on the front and back

Adze roughout. Grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular ridge. The cutting edge is oblique and chipped.

Complete unfinished adze. Dark brown stone. Flat oval cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with large flake scars on the blade, butt and cutting edge. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade narrow with rough flake scars to the poll. There is no demarcation of the bevel, the blade just slopes slightly towards the cutting edge which is blunt and irregular. A starburst sticker on one side reads "Pahia 1900"