Vera Chino Ely (born June 27, 1943) is a

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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

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. 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 (–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 American potters Living people People from Acoma Pueblo Ceramists from New Mexico Pueblo potters 20th-century American ceramists 20th-century American women artists Native American women potters Native American potters American women potters 20th-century Native American artists 21st-century American ceramists 21st-century Native American artists 20th-century Native American women 21st-century Native American women 21st-century American women artists {{Ceramics-stub

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