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Artist: Morita Ward
Title: “Minyma Tjukurpa”
Language: Ngaanyatjarra
Medium: Acrylic on cotton canvas
Size: 01.5x76.2 cm
The young women are travelling around the country near Kaltukarjara (Docker River) with the older ladies. They are learning many things about where to collect special grasses and flowers and other types of bush tucker
Morita Ward was born in Kalgoorlie in 1980. Her great-grandmother is Carol Maanyata Golding. Morita spent her childhood Tjukurla Community. She completed her schooling in Adelaide through the Wiltja Program at Woodville High School. Upon completing high school, she returned to Tjukurla. She now lives in Wanarn with her extended family and two young children. Morita began painting with Warakurna Artists in 2006. She moved back to Tjukurla in 2018 as a promising young artist.
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