New Acquisitions

Complete adze Asymmetrical at poll; plano-convex with front flattened at blade. Ground in centre of front and back, heavily bruised and flaked around edges. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is rough, blunt, slightly rounded and heavily chipped.

Complete adze Triangular with apex to front at poll, lenticular at blade. Ground on front of blade. Heavily bruised and flaked elsewhere. Butt has major differentiation, sides have been reduced. Bevel flaked away. Cutting edge is sharp, uneven and chipped.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Mostly ground surface, with areas of natural stone roughness. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with chips missing along cutting edge.

Complete adze. Rectangular at poll, asymmetrical at blade. Ground with flaking down sides and across the front right side proper, and around poll. Butt flaked off. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line running across blade. Cutting edge is curved on an angle, blunt and chipped.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Flaked with minor bruising. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by a strong angled line. Cutting edge is sharp and flaked away on the left side proper.

Incomplete adze. Rectangular. Ground, with bruising and flaking around right side proper and break. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by straight angled line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Ground with bruising and flaking around edges. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by strong angled line running across blade. Cutting edge is straight, sharp and smooth. Prominent sawing marks down both sides.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Ground with bruising and flaking down back and on sides. Butt has minor differentiation - sides taper in somewhat. Bevel demarcated by straight line running across blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and on a slightly rounded angle.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is square. The surface is ground with flaking on the butt and front of poll. There is bruising on the proper right. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and chipped.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground with flaking on the front, back and poll. The proper right has a large sawing mark. There is minor delineation as the sides taper to the poll. No bevel is obvious. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Complete. The cross section is asymmetrical but approximately trapezoidal with the front narrower than the back. The front surface is ground at the bottom and flaked at the top. The top edge is jagged. The back surface is flaked and bruised. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is absent. The cutting edge is blunt and chipped.