New Acquisitions

Complete adze. Brown stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides are tapered toward the poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Saddle Hill" inscription.

Complete adze. Grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and bruised. Major differentiation between the butt and blade; front and sides are reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is demarcated by a change in surface from ground to bruised. Cutting edge is curved and sharp with some flaking.

Complete silcrete blade. Mid red and mid brown in colour. There are a few small flake scars on the proper right side of the dorsal surface.

Broken bone fishhook point, base remaining, possibly worn as a pendant. Straight with notched knob at base. Two perforations.

Complete waka huia, pointed oval shape. Lid is flat underneath but quite domed on top, one end chipped. The lid is decorated with two large double spirals in a rauru pattern, with rest of surface filled with coiled fern frond motif. Decoration on lid almost identical to that on box, the decoration on the base just being expanded to fit the larger surface. Knobs on the short ends formed from 'Janus' heads with paua shell eyes in 6 of the 8 eye spaces. Each head carved differently. There is a small lip on the rim of the base to stop too much movement of lid.

Complete pounamu pendant. Part totoweka and part kahurangi variety. Light green and light brown with white inclusions, high translucency. Surface is polished. Rounded edges. Teardrop-shaped. Tapered toward the proximal end, with a suspension hole.

Complete adze. Cross-section is triangular (apex towards front). Surface is ground on the blade, bruised on the butt. There are two bruised patches on the sides of the concave blade, with a ground patch between them. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, concave.

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section. Back narrower than front. Surface is ground with some bruising on sides and poll. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is sharp, curved and chipped.

Complete patu onewa with suspension hole. Two grooves on the butt.

Complete bone point. Manufactured from hollow bone, one end unworked. The other end is sharpened to a point.