vii, 343 pagesages 46 unnumbered pagesages of pageslates : illustrationsustrations (some colouror), portraits ; 24 cm
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
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-329) and index