New Acquisitions

Complete iron adze or axe head. Cross-section is rectangular. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. The sides reduce from the cutting edge to the poll end.

Complete tuki (mouthpiece for a calabash), previously broken in four pieces and glued back together. Light brown and dark brown wood. Circular, slightly flared at the top rim. Interior surface is smooth. Exterior surface is carved with rauponga (ridges and triangular notches) pattern. Six small perforations at the top rim and ten perforations at the base. Base has a ridge on the rim for fitting onto gourd.

Complete stone gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground. There is flaking on the cutting edge and on the butt. The bevel is demarcated by two diagonal lines. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, with the proper left side chipped off.

Complete flute. Visible repair at one end where a fragment was reattached. There are four perforations, three finger holes along the top, with one at the end. There are striations running diagonally across the surface, heavily condensed at the distal end then at equal thirds towards the proximal end.

Broken pounamu adze, blade remaining. Dark green in colour. Surface is ground and bruised. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, with a chip missing from the proper right side. Bevel is demarcated by a line.

Broken adze, blade remaining. Mid green and brown pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and flaked. Butt is not present. Bevel is demarcated by a slight ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Old Pa, Kaiapoi." inscription.

Complete adze Cross-section is semi-circular, front flattened. Surface is ground Undifferentiated between butt and blade Bevel demarcated by a line

Wooden heru with twenty teeth tied with muka fibre at the head in a diamond-shaped pattern. The two external teeth are larger than the others; one of the teeth has a curved protruding piece at the head (broken on the other side). Wood is polished smooth.