In 1937 José Paté discovered this tablet by the foundations of the ruins of a stone house near ahu Mahatua, the home village of Metoro Tau'a Ure, Bishop Jaussen's informant, at the base of Poike Volcano, near the cave Aka o Keke that contains a few crude rongorongo-type petroglyphs.
The authenticity of the piece is immediately suspect because it is not boustrophedon, typical of early forgeries.