New Acquisitions

Silcrete flake. Dark grey and cream in colour.

Silcrete flake. Mid brown, light grey, and light yellow in colour. Weathering on all surfaces.

Incomplete dark grey silcrete blade. Missing the distal portion, some flake scarring on the dorsal surface. Bifacial retouch on both ventral and dorsal surfaces and both lateral margins.

Silcrete flake. Light grey, cream, and light red in colour. Weathering on dorsal surface.

Complete White silcrete blade. There is bifacial retouch on all sides. This object is shaped like a drill.

Complete light grey silcrete blade. Missing the point/tip. Flake scarring on the dorsal surface. Unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin of the ventral surface.

Broken adze in two pieces, break at upper butt. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section of butt is oval, cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface is flaked on back and sides of blade, bruised on butt, ground on front of blade and bevel. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, demarcated by surface change.

Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. White and light brown in colour. Weathering present on left side of longitudinal ridge.

Silcrete flake. Light grey and dark grey in colour. Retouch present.

Broken silcrete flake, proximal end remaining, platform not present. White and light brown in colour. Split on both lateral margins.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with come bruising, particularly on poll. Some scratches on front of butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp, curved but oblique. "Waikouaiti" written on back.