Australian Historical Medals
Lot 845 Session 4 (4:30pm Tuesday 31 July) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $2,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $5,800
ABORIGINAL BREAST PLATE, 1800s, crescent shaped in brass (approx 15x12.5cm), holed at each end for chain suspension, engraved at left side with image of an aboriginal man throwing a spear and with high grass around him, on the right side is the aborigine's target, a kangaroo heading right but looking back, also with high grass around, below this scene is inscribed, 'BILLY GOAT/KING OF/BUMBARLO', the scene and the inscription filled with black pitch. Very fine.
Recorded in the publication, Poignant Regalia 19th Century Aboriginal Images & Breastplates by Tania Cleary, p130, and recorded as, 'Billy Goat/King of/Bumbarlo; Group: Ngurunta; Location: Lake Bumbarlo, SA, 30 30 140 24 (SH 54 10); Accession No. Private Collection'.
Note: Restrictions on ownership in South Australia and export not permitted.
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