New Acquisitions

Complete straight pounamu pendant. Mid-green with light brown chatoyant bands. Surface is ground. Cross section is square. Proximal end has a squared off projection, with a suspension hole drilled from one side. A sawing mark runs from below the suspension hole to one side, about halfway down. Distal end is slightly oblique, with a bevel demarcated by a line on one side, indicating that pendant may have been reworked from a chisel.

Nephrite/pounamu pendant. Mid-green kawakawa variety. Tapered at the proximal end and at the centre. There is a projection on one side edge at the centre, just above where it is tapered. Two slight projections at the distal end, with a curved indentation inbetween.

Chert flake. Light grey in colour. Cortex present at the proximal end.

Complete kahawai lure. Curved wooden shank with notches at head and base. Muka lashings across notches and cord at head. Paua shell inlay. Bone point is complete and straight with internal barb. Orange and yellow feathers attached by lashings at the base.

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey and dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground down front and back, with some light flaking. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Warrington" written on front.

broken (bevel blade and butt is present) Roughly rectangular. Narrows in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground with some chips/flakes. No differentiation between the blade and the butt. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is missing.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground, with some bruising at butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides and front reduced, forming small shoulder. Proper left of poll reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Sandhills near Invercargill written on sticker on back. Near Invercargill written on front. Dr. Hocken's Collection printed on sticker on front.

Complete adze. Greenish brown stone. Square cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised, with ground areas on each side of the blade. There is major differentiation between the blade and the butt, with a large shoulder on the front and reduction in the sides of the butt. The bevel is defined by a ridge, and is curved and concave. The cutting edge is sharp and slightly asymmetrical.

Complete patu onewa. Surface is ground and pecked. Butt has a knob on the proximal edge and sawn indentations on either side edge. Sawn indentations create shoulders on either side of the handle where it meets the blade. Blade edges are chipped and show signs of usewear.

Complete bone bird spear point. Two barbs.

Broken silcrete blade, distal end remaining. Cream in colour. Unifacial retouching on the dorsal surface of both lateral margins.