Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-329) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The School of Kaapa -- 2. 'So Beautiful' -- 3. The Pintupi Factor -- 4. The Problem of Secrecy -- 5. The Midas Touch -- 6. The Object of Protection -- 7. Give Those Men a Real Voice -- 8. The Icons Precedent -- Epilogue.
Summary:
Astronomical auction prices in the late 1990s first drew many peoples attention to the phenomenon of the early Papunya boards, the thousand small painted panels created at the remote Northern Territory Aboriginal settlement of Papunya in 1971-72.
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