Repainting of images on rock in Australia and the maintenance of Aboriginal culture

Publisher： Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN： 1745-1744|62|237|690-696

ISSN： 0003-598x

Source： Antiquity, Vol.62, Iss.237, 1988-12, pp. : 690-696

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Abstract

Sandra Bowdler reported in the last issue of ANTIQUITY (62: 517–23) on the controversy surrounding the recent repainting of Wandjina figures on the rocks of the western Kimberley, northwest Australia. Here is an Aboriginal Australian's view of the repainting project and its significance, along with an explication and further discussion of implications.

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