New Acquisitions

Complete adze. Dark grey stone. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is mostly flaked with some smooth areas on the front of the blade. There is a slight increase in the tapering towards the poll at the butt. The bevel is roughly indicated by flake scars. The cutting edge is blunt and chipped.

Complete adze. Dark green and black pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with sawing marks on proper left side. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll has broken off. Blade is curved on the proper right side, with a line running the length of the adze on the front. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "Kaiapoi" inscription.

Complete poutokamanawa (carved building component) made of totara. Realistic (not stylized) male figure, painted red with white on eyes and mouth and black irises and moko. Earlobes have perforations for pendants. Grooved comb protruding from head. Five-fingered hands rest on lower abdomen. Body with clavicles and rib cage suggested but body otherwise plain. No genitals depicted. Sawn off just above the ankles and attached to a black painted base.

Complete toggle. Toggle has a slight bend in it. There is a single perforation. Both ends are decorated with short striations around the edges.

Partially manufactured hook tab. Rounded impression on the back portion.

Unfinished greenstone gouge. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is ground with some flake scars. It is unclear which end is the butt. One end has a thin concave groove and a pointed tip like a gouge. The other end has a bevel-like area demarcated by a curved irregular line. There are saw marks on one side.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground with flaking around the edges. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a strong straight line. Cutting edge is straight, sharp, and the left side proper corner has been chipped away.

Wine jug (oinochoe) from South Italy. The roughly painted decoration is of a woman's head and a large stylised palm-leaf (palmette). Attributed to a group of artists now known as the Circle of the Painter of the Naples 2585 vase. Approximately 325-300 BC

Complete chisel. Stone. Mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular at blade, becoming more diamond shaped towards poll. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Kai Kai" written on front.

Piece of worked pounamu, possibly a pendant. Lenticular cross section and shape (tapered at each end). Surface is ground with a large piece broken off on one side. "Anderson's Bay." inscription. Attached sticker reads "John White Collection"

Complete. The cross section is asymmetrical. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. There is a prominent vertical sawing mark through the middle on both the front and the back. There is also a sawing mark on the proper right side. The butt is not present. The bevel is rough and demarcated by a ridge. The cutting edge is blunt and uneven.