See images and information about breastplates from Queensland in the National Museum's collection.
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Other QLD plates in the Museum’s collection
![Engraved breastplate that reads 'Hippi, King of King of Teraicha' and includes images of an emu and kangaroo. - click to view larger image](https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0011/720776/MA99297188-Hippi-Teraicha.jpg)
In our collection
Breastplate presented to the Yandruwandha people of Cooper CreekA shallow crescent-shaped brass breastplate with a hole at each corner, engraved with text that reads 'Presented to / [blank] / by the Exploration Committee of Victoria for the / Humanity shewn to the Explorers / Burke, Wills & King / 1861'.