New Acquisitions

Complete adze. Rectangular Surface is ground, with flaking and bruising around poll, butt and edges. Butt has minor differentiation, sides have been reduced, and front left side proper shoulder has been raised. Bevel demarcated by curved line running from corner to corner and tapering down to cutting edge. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and very slightly rounded.

Complete adze. Dark green pounamu. Cross-section is trapezoidal. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. Major reduction on the proper left side of the butt; front is tapered toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and flaked. "Ravensbourne" inscription.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Pounamu/nephrite hei tiki. Dark and light green kawakawa variety with chatoyant qualities on body. Head has partial heat treatment. Pointed head turns to the left, eyebrows, deep set eyes and pointed tongue which drops over lower jaw. Breasts, elbows distinctly outlined. Arms sitting on thighs but no hands or fingers outlined. Legs have three toes on each leg in centre of body. Perforation drilled from back to centre top of head.

complete very roughly rectangular. Narrows in the side towards the poll The surface is ground with some flake scars. No differentiation between the blade and the butt. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with some chips.

Broken adze (all but cutting edge remaining). Stone. Black. Cross-section is oval. Surface of blade is ground, surface of butt is bruised, surface of poll is flaked. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced. Poll flaked on proper right back so it slopes up. Bevel is demarcated by line, cutting edge is heavily chipped. Otago written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with flaking on sides, front lower blade, and poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Back of poll flaked so it slopes upwards. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Otago written on front.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, flaked at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Poll flaked so it slopes down. Blade demarcated by line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, many small chips along cutting edge.