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#4047R Te-Rangi Tahau of Waipahihi, Lake Taupo Albumen photograph, c mid 1870's (on original album page) 200 x 135 mm (mount slightly larger) Photographer: Herbert Deveril The patu (stone hand club) that chief Tahau holds is possibly the same one with which he is said to have executed many prisoners taken in battle. Two children look on from inside the whare. Condition is superb.