John White Collection

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey, light grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, some bruising. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, front is reduced, more heavily on the proper right. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Bluff written on front. Sticker on front, partially removed; illegible.

Complete adze. Stone. Grey. Cross-section is semi-circular, front flattened. Surface is ground on blade, flaked on butt. Residue from adhesive on front. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Back of butt slopes upwards. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Otago written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is semi-circular, front flattened. Surface is ground, flaked at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel continuous with blade, cutting edge blunt and straight. Otago written on front.

Complete unfinished adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked with a small ground area on the bevel. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the butt taper in towards the poll. The front of the blade is slightly concave. The bevel is roughly indicated by an area demarcated by a scar ridge. The cutting edge is straight and chipped. There is a piece of paper adhere to the front of the blade that reads "John White Collection". The front of the blade has brownish spots on the stone.

Complete patu paraoa. The butt has a circular perforation with lines carved below this.

Whalebone kotiate/club. Fairly short handle and kotiate has good balance. Proximal end of handle has manaia head design turned sideways. Red sealing wax - eyes are a browny/orange colour. Just below the eye is a fairly straight drilled hole with white string tied through it. One small rounded hole on each side of lobe which are not cut out.

Complete pendant made from a whale tooth. Curved to a point at the distal end. Surface is worn and in poor condition. Proximal end is squared off with a suspension hole at one corner, drilled from both sides. Evidence of broken projections running along the external edge.

Complete adze. Dark grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade; side and back of butt taper toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "Anderson's Bay" inscription. Attached sticker reads "John White Collection".

Adze roughout, broken in two and glued back together. Grey stone. Surface is bruised. Cross-section is lenticular. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is unfinished. Cutting edge is straight and ground flat. "Anderson's Bay" inscription. Two attached stickers read "John White Collection" and "Found at Anderson's Bay. The big piece was picked up about 9 months after the small one."

Broken patu onewa, part of mid-blade remaining. Broken at either end. Cross-section is lenticular.