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An Aboriginal copper breast plate, inscribed 'Jack Kibbeen King…
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Sydney
Date:
20-Nov-2011
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Description:
An Aboriginal copper breast plate, inscribed 'Jack Kibbeen King of Wollongbar' of crescent-shape, engraved with an Aboriginal warrior and a kangaroo, mounted in a presentation frame, 16 cm wide), 6.5 wide, 34 x 33 cm, the frame. Note: Jack Kabbeen was a chief of the Arakwal tribe, a sub-group of the Bundjalung people.Wollongbah is located on the plateau between Lismore and Ballina. Provenance: Believed to have been made at O'Flynn's foundry in Victoria Street, Lismore, John P. O'Flynn, the Son of the founder of O'Flynn's foundry, Beaudesert, Queensland, Scott rainbow, Mt. Coolum, Queensland. Private Collection, New South Wales
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Category:
Tribal: Aboriginal - Artefacts