New Acquisitions

Chalcedony flake. There is weathered cortex present.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and back, with flaking on sides and upper butt/poll Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved and is chipped on proper left, proper right, and mid cutting edge.

Rock flake. Dark red and mid red in colour. Unifacial retouching on both lateral margins.

Silcrete flake. Mid grey and light grey in colour. Cortex present on one surface.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal, back narrower than front. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground, sides of butt bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Sides heavily reduced, but flare out again at poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete curved fishhook point. Large base with perforation and knob.

Complete taiaha. Wooden surface is smooth and polished. Human faces carved at the proximal end on both sides. Protruding tongue carved with rauru (spiral and notch) pattern. Eyes are slanted and convex hallows, with a paua shell inlay intact in one. Handle and blade are relatively narrow, slightly flared and rounded at the base.

Complete tewhatewha. Surface is worked smooth with cutting marks evident on the blade. Perforation at the base of the blade, with a piece of twisted fibre through it, knotted at both ends. Face carving about halfway down the handle on both sides. Remnants of wax in eye sockets. Tapered at the base.

Complete tewhatewha. Chicken feathers are attached to the rapa (head). No other whakairo present. The opposite end tapers to a mata (point).

Complete taiaha. Proximal end carved with human face on each side. Paua shell inlay remaining in one eye. Protruding tongue has a rauru (double spiral with notches) pattern. Relatively narrow blade.

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground, with bruising on butt and sides. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced. Bevel is demarcated by line. Cutting edge is heavily chipped. Unchipped cutting edge on proper right side is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.