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Date: [1944]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-17

Description: Contents comprise notes re adze types; type VII, VB from Turakina district; Waitaha adze from Porirua Harbour; from Mangaroa; type IIA from Patea; greenstone adze from Levin-Foxton highway area; map of sites of Horowhenua adzes found by Henry J Kilsby; grey stone adze from Heatherlea-Koputaroa area, Horowhenua; blackstone adzes from Onukuwaiata, Waimakaira, Horowhenua and Wallace Road, Levin; location maps of adzes found by A Seifert, A Gillespie, Louis Noara and on Clifford's farm, Tokomaru area (1941-1944); adzes from Makurerua Swamp, Horowhenua Arrangement: Notebook no 16 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1930-1940]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-13

Description: Contents comprise sketch plan of Waipatu Island pa, Lake Horowhenua; ponds (?) and umu sites near State Farm Road, sth of Lake Horowhenua; eel storage tank at Matukutuku Lagoon, Horowhenua; Otaki area, corrections and additional data, rafter patterns, Raukawa whare-runanga; Tikorangi Stream-Waikawa area, Horowhenua'; canoe baler from Pipinui, Western Wellington, south-western Wellington area; patu washed ashore at Waitarere Beach, Horowhenua; patuki from shore of L Horowhenua; Kuku-Poroporo headwaters, Horowhenua; part Horowhenua county; Waikanae-Akatarawa area with place-names etc; middens on northern shore of Lake Horowhenua; Waikawa River mouth, Horowhenua (May 1944); marine mollusca and pumice implements from Waikawa middens Contents also include the identification of Maori archaealogical finds in the Kapiti-Horowhenua districts, including a greenstone hei matau from Waikawa Arrangement: Notebook no 12 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1944]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-16

Description: Contents comprise lower course of Hokio Stream and vicinity; site of Kohitane clearing and of adze finds, Heatherlea, Levin; Waitaha adzes, types IVC, IVB, Heatherlea, Levin and IVB from Pakakutu pa site, Otaki; adzes, types IIA, IIIB, from Lindsay Road and Roslyn roads areas, Levin; data of skull from NB1, Otororoa dune-ridge, Horowhenua; adze-like chisel, type IIB, Pakatutu pa site, Otaki; adze, type IVB with pecularity, from Plimmerton (R A Prouse); canoe paddle with Manaia-head terminal, Porotawhao; Waitaha adze, type IVA from eastern edge Weraroa Cl, Levin and type IVB, Raumatangi Block, Horowhenua; data of problematical stone from northern Hawke's Bay. Note by Adkin: adze types are according to present writer's scheme of classification (see vol 17 of present series). Cover also has note, `adze types'. Arrangement: Notebook no 13 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1930-1945]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-14

Description: Contents comprise distribution of certain archaeological objects of NZ, `reel' pendant, harpoon point, `side hafted' adze, `whale-tooth' pendant; `Mangaroa' pa-site (Lake Horowhenua), showing results of excavation by R T Rolston (1943); roads to Horowhenua, official names with memoranda; part of old course of Otaki River, above railway bridge (1888); the Tokomaru River at entry to Makurerua Swamp; blackstone core, Horowhenua dune belt, antique finger-ring, west of Lake Horowhenua; small nephrite chisel, nephrite gouge; diagrams of skull from Waitohi, Otaki; a taumata-atua stone from Lindsay Road area, Levin; diagrams of skull from native burial no 1, Horowhenua dune belt; Horowhenua dune belt adjacent to Waiwiri Stream, sites of old kumara pits; plan of largest group of old kumara pits near Waiwiri Stream; Horowhenua dune belt adjacent to Oturoa settlement, plan of Mangawhati Lagoon; mouth and lower course of Hokio Stream showing past and present topography, culture, Maori place-names etc Arrangement: Notebook no 13 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1945-1948]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-20

Description: Contents comprise notes on a stone and boulder pounders and other objects from Wairoa, per J M Wright; human skeletal remains, Manawatu River; map of part of the western coast of the North Island from Orongorongo to Wanganui; Maori artefacts, Tararua Range and map showing sites of finds, old trails and tracks, etc; adze, Mokau River; additional adzes from Heatherlea area (with map); Wairarawa adze; loose notes and map of sites of finds of flakes of obsidian on main divide, Tararua Range; and adze find by F W Vosseler Title taken from item. Hei whakamōhio: He whakaahua o ngā kōiwi tangata i roto i tēnei taonga. Please be aware this object contains images of human remains. Arrangement: Notebook no 19 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).