• Title
  Nemmit, 1825, Chief of the Sutton Forest Tribe [Brass breastplate]
• Call number
  SAFE/R 250f
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 18
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1825
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  447015
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 13 x 14.6 cm. - Tarnished and pitted. Name and date very worn; inscription partly worn. "1825" is underlined by a scroll. A left-pointing arrow, represented by three converging lines each approx. 5 mm. long, is incised on the reverse at centre. An approx. 40 cm. length of brown string, formerly tied through one hole, is housed with the breastplate. - 1 crescent-shaped brass breastplate, engraved, with hole at each apex
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Titled from inscription
  "The plate was found in 1876 ... by a member of the Biddulph family, at the blacks' camping ground, Sandy Point, on "Eree" [ie Eeree] Estate, Shoalhaven River, 14 miles upstream from Nowra" -- from newspaper article by donor, ca. 1926. Letter and cutting filed at ML Aa 44/6
  Digital order no:a928649
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Nemmit / 1825 / Chief of the Sutton Forest Tribe" -- engraved on front
  "Presented by Lindon Biddulph of Arcady, Carcoar 1826" -- inscribed on reverse
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  kingplates
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Poignant Regalia: 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection

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