New Acquisitions

Broken dark red pendant, distal end not present. Other pieces broken off and glued back on. Surface is ground and flaked. Proximal end tapered and squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Sides are slightly flattened and fan out from proximal end.

Complete pounamu pendant or chisel. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the proper right back corner and the poll. There is slight flaking one the front. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt. Possible drill mark at the proximal end indicating an incomplete suspension hole.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, light brown, cream. Cross-section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground, some bruising around poll and flaking on sides. Sawing mark down proper left side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chip missing along proper left side.

Pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety with black inclusions. High transparency with some feather fractures. Surface is ground smooth but with some bruising on back side. Adze shaped with sawing marks on distal end and proper left side edge. Distal edge is unfinished after having been broken from original source. Bevel on each side. Tapers to the proximal end with an oblique edge and an off-centre suspension hole, drilled from both sides.

Mostly complete pounamu knife, one lateral margin missing. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Both surfaces are ground and bruised.

Complete greenstone gouge. Cross-section is circular. Poll end is naturally rough, rest of surface is ground. Slight sawing mark on one side. Bevel is demarcated by a line, and the bevel is deeply concave. Cutting edge is broken.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground with bruising and flaking around butt and poll Butt has minor differentiation, right side proper is slightly reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a rounded line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly curved. The blade is very concave

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll and front. There is sawing marks on the proper left. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground with a diagonal flake missing from the front. There is sawing marks on the proper left. The blade is bevelled on both sides. Both bevels are demarcated by dual diagonal lines. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu chisel. Light green in colour. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised at the butt. Reduced to form shoulders at the butt. Cutting edge is straight and sharp with a bevel demarcated by a line.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a diagonal straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu point. Possible drill point. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll and on the front, on the proper right. The point is blunt and chipped.