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Sandra Bowdler reported in the last issue of A NTIQUITY (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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Mowaljarlai et al. (1988) studied this question.
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