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Mutukayi: motor cars and Papunya painting
Vivien Johnson, John Kean, Jeremy Long and Dr Peter Thorley
2 December 2007
The sometimes life-changing, occasionally hilarious and always vital role of the mutukayi – or motor car – in the history of the people of Australia’s Western Desert is explored by an expert panel with firsthand Papunya experience.
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