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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'.