New Acquisitions

Complete adze. Black stone. Cross-section rectangular. Surface is ground and flaked. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade, with the front slightly reduced. Sides of the blade are curved inward. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "In stream from Mt Cargill" inscription

Partially manufactured fishhook, with perforation at one end and worked edges.

Complete mere pounamu. Surface is ground. There is an off-centre perforation that has been drilled from both sides in the proximal handle end. There is a short sawing mark on the proximal handle end. The butt is rounded and sides that taper to the start of the blade, which then flare out till the distal end, which is rounded. There is a small chip in the distal end.

Worked pounamu. The surface is ground. There is a complete sawing mark of the proper right. The proper left has deep diagonal sawing marks on both sides of the stone.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, rectangular at blade. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt has major differentiation; sides have been reduced and shoulders raised slightly. Bevel demarcated by a rounded line mid blade. Cutting edge is straight, blunt and heavily chipped.

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".

Broken adze, part of blade remaining. Dark brown stone. Cross section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Butt is not present. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp with large chip missing from proper right side. "Andersons Bay" inscription.

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 adze, part of blade remaining. Dark grey stone. Cross-section is square. Surface is ground with bruising on bevel and flaking down proper left side and on cutting edge. Butt is not present. Bevel is demarcated by change in surface. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "Anderson's Bay" inscription

Complete adze. Light green pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and flaked with sawing marks proper left side. No differentiation between the butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge has been flaked away. "Waverley Dunedin" inscription.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Surface is bruised with minor flaking. Butt has major differentiation - left side proper has been severely tapered toward poll. Bevel demarcated by faint straight line. Cutting edge is smooth, slightly rounded and blunt. The left side proper of the blade has broken off.