 Hole's wife, Joyce, was a lifelong friend of Elizabeth Bertie, Countess of Abingdon.The Countess became especially close to Tahu and Joyce when her husband died in 1963, and when she died 15 years later she bequeathed them all her possessions with a value of over £1.5 million.The collection passed to the Victoria and Albert Museum following Joyce's death in 1986.