Watch List notes:

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.
($2250-2500)