Vera Chino Ely (born June 27, 1943) is a Native American potter from

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. She is the youngest daughter of Marie Z. Chino, who was also a potter. Vera learned from her mother. In the late 1970s she worked with her mother doing fine-line painting on some of her pots. In 1979, she participated in the “One Space: Three Visions” exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum. A collection of her works can be seen at the

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.Schrader, Julie Ann. (2005) "The Morgan collection of Southwest pottery website: research and photography: a project" (MA Thesis). Wichita State University. https://soar.wichita.edu//handle/10057/128 Vera's sisters, Carrie Charlie (b. 1925), Rose Garcia (b. 1928), and Grace Chino (ca 1929–1994), are all award-winning Acoma potters.

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Vera Chino pottery
holmes.anthropology.museum; accessed January 26, 2016.

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* Dittert, Alfred E; Fred Plog (1980). ''Generations in Clay: Pueblo Pottery of the American Southwest''. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press in cooperation with the American Federation of the Arts. ISBN 0873582713. 1943 births Native American potters Living people People from Acoma Pueblo Artists from New Mexico Pueblo artists 20th-century American women artists Native American women artists Women potters American ceramists American women ceramists 20th-century Native Americans 21st-century Native Americans 20th-century Native American women 21st-century Native American women 21st-century American women artists {{US-artist-stub

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