Item 02: Mr. Verge's, King Charlie [Aboriginal breastplate, ca. 1840-1860]
Item 02: Mr. Verge's, King Charlie [Aboriginal breastplate, ca. 1840-1860]
Item 02: Mr. Verge's, King Charlie [Aboriginal breastplate, ca. 1840-1860]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1840-1860
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 2132a
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 breastplate - 7.8 x 15.2 cm - brass
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Breastplate of crescentric form with five protruding central serrated peaks and a hole at each apex, the centre engraved 'Mr. Verge's / King Charlie' encircled by flourishes and surmounted by a central engraved coronet with five peaks, flanked on the left by an emu looking to the left and standing in long grass and on the right by a kangaroo in lon...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 02: Mr. Verge's, King Charlie [Aboriginal breastplate, ca. 1840-1860]
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1091448
Conservation note
Anterior and posterior surfaces opalescent lustre, posterior surface scratched, pitted and small oxidised spots and three rows of stamped impressions.
Published information
Breastplate cited in: Poignant regalia : 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images ... / Tania Cleary. Glebe, NSW : Historic Houses Trust of NSW, c1993. p. 49
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Presumably bestowed by John Verge to the Aboriginal elder King Charlie (Ngaku language group) from the region surrounding Verge's land holding at Austral Eden near Kempsey (Macleay River district).
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 2132a
Record Identifier
nmQdKXBn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQdKXBn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1069351
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