New Acquisitions

Complete adze Rectangular at poll, asymmetrical at blade. Bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by faint horizontal line across blade. Cutting edge is uneven, slightly rounded and sharp with minor chipping.

Broken adze (all but cutting edge remaining) Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, except on broken edges. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Though sides taper towards poll. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge broken off.

Complete roughout Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Though sides taper to a point at poll end. Back slopes up to meet poll Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Cutting edge as is blunt and straight.

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey and mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front, rest of surface is bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a small ridge at chin. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip on proper right. 1932 Te MokoMoko A32,97 written front.

Complete tewhatewha. The upper edge of the blade is curved, with a slight slope to it. The lower edge of the blade is curved, with a small perforation near the shaft. The cross-section of the upper shaft is lenticular, becoming circular on the lower. The surface of the tewhatewha is fully carved. The blade has a rauru spiral on either side, with partial spirals filling in gaps around the edges. The shaft of the tewhatewha is carved with three haehae followed by a row of pakati in a variety of patterns; alternating linear then curved as it goes down the tewhatewha. Approximately 40cm from the bottom of the tewhatewha there is a carved face with missing paua shell inlay.

Broken point, shaft remaining. One is broken, the other is unworked bone end.

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey and mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised with some flaking. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, possibly unfinished. Cutting edge is blunt and straight. 1932 Te Mokamoka written on front.

Complete tokotoko. The distal portion of the tokotoko is uncarved. Everything above 34cm is finely carved in a variety of patterns. After a section of mixed diagonal and longitudinal carved lines, there are stacked human figures. The lowest two are bilateral carved faces with notched paua shell inlay eyes. The figure at the proximal end is a full standing human figure with two slender legs, ending with carved buttocks and stomach with four fingered hands that meet on the stomach. The arms and chest are carved, as is the face. The eyes are inlaid with notched paua shell. There is a curved handle protruding from the back of the head that curves around and meets the tokotoko again at the back of the shoulders of the figure. There is a final human face here where the handle meets the shoulders that also has inlaid paua shell eyes and long carved lip.

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is mostly bruised. Lower proper-left area of blade on back is ground. Front area of blade is also mostly ground, flaking on lower proper-left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey, mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface of front is ground, surface of back is bruised, some flaking. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and straight, lightly chipped.

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey, light yellow. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground on front and back, bruising and flaking on sides.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey, light grey, mid brown. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front, cross-section widens to rectangular towards bevel. Surface is ground, small flake scars on front. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. 1932 Te Mokomoko written on back.