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Description: An engraved crescent-shaped brass breastplate with a hole at the edge of each horn to attach a chain. The decoration on the breastplate shows an Aboriginal stockworker who is an expert horseman in full pursuit of runaway cattle. This king plate, or breastplate, was presented to Minnon Station Indigenous stockworker Billy Hippie. In the National Museum of Australia.
Title: Billy Hippie king plate
Credit: Self-photographed [1]
Author: George Twemlow (engraver)
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 au
License: CC BY 3.0 au
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en
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