New Acquisitions

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Semi circular wooden article. Curved and crescent-shaped, similar to a barrel stave, with a rectangular cross-section. Rounded at each end with straight side edges. Surface is relatively smooth. Dark brown, almost black in colour, and possibly charred or painted with a varnish or other material.

Complete chisel. Trapezoidal cross-section with front narrower than the back. Front of blade is ground with flake scars and top portion. Back of blade is ground. Bevel is continuous with blade. Distinct ridge present at the halfway mark on blade. Cutting edge is rounded and sharp.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on lower blade, bruised on upper blade and butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced after ridge at shoulder until lug at poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Temuka." written on front.

broken (Blade, butt and a section of the bevel is present) roughly rectangular, narrowing slightly in the sides towards the butt. The surface is ground, potentially with some bruising. Saw mark on the proper left side. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is missing. The front proper left has been worked down creating a surface also resembling a bevel.

Broken slate knife. No discernable cutting edge. Surface is grounded on both sides, with flake scarring on both surfaces.

Broken bone pendant in three pieces. Straight with suspension hole.

Complete bone pendant. Kinked in two places down the shaft. Broken suspension hole.

Complete slightly curved bone pendant with a suspension hole at the proximal end.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground with some flaking on the sides and back. The butt is differentiated by an increased tapering of the sides from the shoulder to the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.