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Leo Melpi, Australian (1940-)leo Melpi Ceremonial Design Natural earth pigments on stringy bark 98cm x 35cm (Irregular) PROVENANCE Dr Carmel Gaffney, former lecturer at the University of the Northern Territory, Port Keats, (Wadeye) Theodore Bruce, Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, lot 9101A, March 2021 Private collection, America Leon Melpi Copyright Agency, 2025

His works also detail specific family responsibilities and connections

In 1954 Dja¨wa was among a group of six men from Milingimbi who travelled to Toowoomba to dance for Queen Elizabeth II

it often makes the viewer feel a little unsure of what they are seeing

Provenance:

Gallery Gondwana

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